Jacob Simon
Co-Founder at Exponent Interview Prep
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolJacob Simon is a software engineer and entrepreneur with a decade of experience building reliable systems for both startups and scale-ups. As Co-Founder of Exponent Interview Prep since 2018 and a former engineer at Dropbox and Clever, he blends hands-on product engineering with systems thinking to help others navigate hiring and architecture challenges. Trained in computer science at Princeton, he focuses on practical, scalable solutions and shares industry insights and system-design advice publicly. Based in New York, he pairs engineering rigor with a talent for translating complex technical concepts into actionable interview and hiring guidance.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Forsyth Country Day SchoolBachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Princeton University
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Github Skills (45)
web-application10
ghost10
nodejs10
agentic9
cms9
javascript9
journalism9
jamstack8
ember8
machine-learning-algorithms8
machine-learning8
time-series8
artificial-intelligence8
audience8
data-science8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
jacobsimon/react-chat
Oct 2016 - Oct 2016
Contributions:28 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 13 days
jacobsimon/pynapple
Apr 2025 - Aug 2025
PYthon Neural Analysis Package :pineapple:
Contributions:13 pushes, 2 branches in 3 months
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