Jacob Sifuentes
Staff Security Engineer, Applications
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Summary
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RockstarJacob Sifuentes is a Staff Security Engineer specializing in application security and developer-focused tooling, with 11 years of experience building secure, scalable systems across startups and agencies. He has led architecture and engineering teams at Bounteous and Skillshare and now drives application security at BetterHelp, blending hands-on development with security stewardship. A self-taught developer with deep DevOps chops, Jacob has a track record of shipping end-to-end e-commerce and telehealth platforms and automating infrastructure and QA. He prioritizes making colleagues’ lives easier by building practical tooling and processes that speed delivery without sacrificing safety. Based in Washington, D.C., he combines product-minded engineering with security audits and mentoring, often tackling the intersection of developer experience and threat mitigation. Notably, his background includes launching one of Azalea Health’s first integrated telehealth offerings, showing a knack for bringing new capabilities into production.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (65)
athena10
data-warehouse10
airbyte10
security10
gcp10
aws-security10
github-api10
sql10
azure10
high-performance10
kubernetes10
bigquery10
cloudtrail10
go10
google10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
jsifuentes/module-backend-google-sso
Jul 2019 - Dec 2020
Contributions:10 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
jsifuentes/jsifuentes
Jul 2020 - Dec 2024
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 5 months
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