Jacob Rothstein
Technologist For Hire at Consultant
Portland, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJacob Rothstein is a seasoned technologist with 17 years of experience building and scaling web and mobile applications, from Rails backends and iOS apps to distributed systems using Redis, Node, Elixir, and AWS. Based in Portland, he consults across early-stage product iterations and infrastructure decisions, blending hands-on engineering with product-focused clarity. He has led engineering efforts as a CTO and founder, shipped analytics and OLAP/reporting systems, and performed large-scale data analysis using R. An active open-source contributor, he has improved robustness in projects like BullMQ (bug fixes and serialization safeguards) and enhanced async HTTP client ergonomics in the Rust surf library. Comfortable across the full stack, Jacob pairs pragmatic engineering with a research-informed approach to human-centered product problems. He’s known for translating messy requirements into reliable systems and for digging into low-level fixes that prevent subtle runtime failures.
18 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Coursework, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Coursework, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning at University of California, BerkeleyBA, Psychology, BA, Psychology at Reed CollegeSouth Side High School
English, Spanish
Github Skills (24)
uitest10
redis10
background-process10
api-design10
testing10
background-processing10
typescript10
background-worker10
httpc10
queuing10
moc10
http-client10
chai10
typescript-types10
background-task10
Programming languages (22)
Github contributions (5)
http-rs/surf
May 2020 - Oct 2020
Fast and friendly HTTP client framework for async Rust
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 20 reviews, 15 commits in 4 months
Contributions summary:Jacob contributed to the `surf` HTTP client framework, primarily focusing on internal improvements and feature enhancements. They updated dependencies, specifically `http-types` and `http-client`, to maintain compatibility and incorporate the latest functionalities. They also added crucial functionalities like conversions between `http::Response` and `surf::Response`, and added an optional `base_url` to the `Client` struct. These contributions indicate a focus on core functionality and the evolution of the client's capabilities.
asynchttp-clientrust
taskforcesh/bullmq
Nov 2019 - Dec 2019
BullMQ - Message Queue and Batch processing for NodeJS, Python, .NET, Elixir, Rust and PHP based on Redis or PostgreSQL
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 3 PRs, 8 comments in 16 days
Contributions summary:Jacob primarily contributed to bug fixes and code improvements within the BullMQ codebase. They focused on addressing JSON serialization issues to prevent circular references and ensure data type integrity. Furthermore, the user refactored dependencies by removing reliance on the Bluebird.delay library, introducing a custom delay function, and updating related test files. They also made changes to ensure that queue events were initialized correctly before use.
batch-processingbullmqdotnetelixirmessage-queue
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