Jacob Philpott
QA Engineer at Elentra
Entebbe City, Central Region, Uganda
Summary
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Top SchoolJacob Philpott is a QA engineer and full‑stack-minded data scientist with nine years of experience building user-focused web applications and data tools. Fluent in Python and JavaScript with Ruby experience, he blends engineering rigor with an eye for design, crafting interfaces that are both functional and visually polished. Currently at Elentra after a web development role at Queen’s University, he brings practical QA discipline to ensure reliable delivery across the stack. A longtime FinTech and blockchain enthusiast since 2013, he pairs domain curiosity with technical execution. His open-source work includes enhancing a popular GitHub activity graph project, improving customization and theming to elevate user experience. Based in Entebbe but originally trained in Toronto, he combines international perspective, data science training, and a creator’s mindset he dubs "The Modern Blacksmith."
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Data Science, Data Science at General AssemblyOSSD (Ontario Secondary School Diploma), OSSD (Ontario Secondary School Diploma) at Markham District High SchoolTESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) at Oxford Seminars
French, English
Stackoverflow
550reputation
67kreached
31answers
4questions
Github Skills (22)
javascript10
graph10
dynamic10
graphing10
typescript9
css9
typescript-types9
react9
typescripts9
html9
co8
io8
donation8
readmeio7
read-me7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
Ashutosh00710/github-readme-activity-graph
May 2021 - Sep 2022
A dynamically generated activity graph to show your GitHub activities of last 31 days.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 5 PRs, 13 comments in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Jacob primarily focused on enhancing the visual presentation and user experience of the GitHub activity graph. Their contributions included adding options to customize titles and area colors, and implementing new themes. They also made adjustments to the Y-axis and added various UI styling improvements. These changes likely expanded the project's customization options and improved the overall aesthetics.
statisticsgithub-activitydynamicactivitiesgraph
jgphilpott/tic-tac-toe
Nov 2016 - Oct 2021
Contributions:2 releases, 67 commits, 43 pushes in 4 years 11 months
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