Jacob Ritchie
UI UX Lead at JALI Research Inc.
Canada
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Top SchoolJacob Ritchie is a UI/UX Lead at JALI Research with a decade of experience building tools for animation and game pipelines, blending human-centered design with strong software engineering foundations. He brings advanced HCI training from Stanford and the University of Toronto, where his research spanned interactive systems, graphics, and applied machine learning. His industry work includes AR prototyping at Snap and production-oriented interface design for complex media workflows, reflecting a knack for measurable product impact. Jacob’s background in Engineering Science, robotics, and neuroimaging research gives him an uncommon fluency across hardware-aware software, data-driven methods, and user research. Colleagues describe him as passionate and rigorous—equally comfortable sketching interaction flows, coding prototypes, or translating research insights into shipped tools. Based in Canada, he leverages this interdisciplinary mix to create practical, research-informed UIs for creative technologists.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Ontario Secondary School Diploma, Ontario Secondary School Diploma at Canterbury High SchoolMaster of Science - M.Sc. Computer Science, Master of Science - M.Sc. Computer Science at University of TorontoMaster of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at Stanford University
French, English
Stackoverflow
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28answers
8questions
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Github Skills (50)
interaction9
time-complexity9
music8
code-documentation8
sound-synthesis8
computer-music8
synthesis7
icu7
midi7
audio7
shader7
synth6
operating-system6
sequencer6
dictionary6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
covid-measures/covid-measures.github.io
Mar 2020 - May 2020
Contributions:44 commits, 42 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
jritch/jritch.github.io
Apr 2016 - May 2023
Contributions:88 pushes in 7 years 2 months
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