Summary
Jacob Paine is a seasoned software engineer with a decade of experience building full-stack web applications and cloud services, currently contributing at Mercury Intermedia. He combines strong database and API architecture skills with front-end expertise in TypeScript, React, and Redux, and regular hands-on work with Node, Redis, MySQL, and AWS. Jacob’s background spans education-focused research and product work—from Vanderbilt learning experiments to building LMS and high-traffic subscriber platforms—so he excels where technology meets learning and data-driven decision making. He values incremental, empathetic problem-solving and brings teaching and mentoring experience to collaborative teams. Notably, his career includes both Fortune 100 client work and small-team product development, giving him a pragmatic balance of scale and craft. Based in Nashville, he consistently pairs technical depth with a mission-driven approach to empower users through better data and experiences.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree Philosophy, Bachelor's Degree Philosophy at Belmont University
Master's Degree Learning and Instruction, Master's Degree Learning and Instruction at Vanderbilt University
Nashville Software School
English, Chinese