Jacob Shandling
Software Engineer at Fleet Device Management
San Francisco Bay Area United States
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Top SchoolJacob Shandling is a software engineer based in the San Francisco Bay Area with six years of experience building web applications using Python/Django and JavaScript/React. He contributes to notable open-source work such as Fleet (an IT and security management platform), focusing on front-end UX improvements, component refactors, and registration flow enhancements. Trained originally as a molecular biologist, he brings strong theoretical grounding in algorithms and data structures to practical UI and full-stack problems. Comfortable shipping features and fixing visual/interaction issues, he blends attention to detail with a product-minded approach. Outside of engineering he’s a jazz musician who swims in natural waters and enjoys listening to complete records, traits that reflect a patient, pattern-oriented temperament. He’s actively seeking freelance or full-time opportunities where he can pair front-end craftsmanship with backend reliability.
5 years of coding experience
University of California Santa Cruz
English, Spanish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (13)
uid10
typescript10
typescripts10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
react10
typescript-types10
graphical-user-interface9
user-interface9
device-management8
ux-design8
css8
endpoint-security7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
fleetdm/fleet
Nov 2021 - Jan 2023
Open-source platform for IT, security, and infrastructure teams. (Linux, macOS, Chrome, Windows, cloud, data center)
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1459 reviews, 22 commits, 1041 PRs in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Jacob primarily contributed to the front-end of the application, focusing on UI/UX improvements and the addition of new features. They implemented UI elements such as tooltips and status indicators, refactored existing components, and modified the display of host information. Further, they made updates to the application's registration flow, changing components and fixing visual issues.
operating-systemsriskcloud-securitytelemetryworkstations
jacobshandling/soundseeker
Feb 2022 - Apr 2024
A tool for organizing and juxtaposing musical ideas in the form of short audio recordings
Contributions:147 pushes, 5 branches in 2 years 2 months
cssdjangodjango-rest-frameworkjavascriptpython3
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