Jacob Trimble
Software Engineer at Google
Kirkland, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolJacob Trimble is a software engineer at Google with 13 years of hands-on experience across systems, front-end, and media tooling. Self-taught and fast-learning, he is fluent in C/C++, C#, Java, Haskell, Python, JavaScript and full-stack web technologies, and has worked extensively with SQL Server and MySQL. At Google he brings a practical blend of backend and UI sensibilities, reflected in open-source contributions to the Shaka Project where he implemented WebM muxing, MPD generation, encryption support and polished player UI/UX. Based in Kirkland, WA, he pairs strong engineering fundamentals with a knack for fixing tricky bugs and shipping reliable multimedia features at scale.
13 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science at University of WashingtonHigh School Deploma, High School Deploma at Emerald Ridge High SchoolAssociate of Arts (A.A.), Associate of Arts (A.A.) at Pierce College
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Github Skills (11)
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Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
shaka-project/shaka-player
Jul 2015 - Oct 2021
JavaScript player library / DASH & HLS client / MSE-EME player
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:4 releases, 84 reviews, 819 commits in 6 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Jacob focused on improving the user interface, primarily through the implementation of features related to text track display and the creation of various UI components such as buttons and menus. They also worked on aspects of UI layout and styling, ensuring the correct rendering of controls and text, and addressing display issues. In addition, the user addressed bugs related to user interactions, such as preventing the full-screen mode from triggering on double-click events.
media-source-extensionplayback-controlsplaybackvideo-playerencrypted-media
shaka-project/shaka-packager
Oct 2015 - Mar 2021
A media packaging and development framework for VOD and Live DASH and HLS applications, supporting Common Encryption for Widevine and other DRM Systems.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10 reviews, 85 commits, 1 PR in 5 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Jacob contributed to the WebM packaging project by adding support for WebM muxing, including MPD generation, and integrating libwebm and webm-tools. The contributions included implementing a WebM muxer that supports both single and multi-segment modes. The user also implemented the capability to include codec private data. Furthermore, the user added encryption support and has fixed bugs within the code.
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