Jacob Wenger
Software Engineer at Notion
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolJacob Wenger is a seasoned software engineer in San Francisco with 12 years of experience building high-performance backend systems and product-led startups. He co-founded Shortwave and led product there before joining Notion, bringing a blend of hands-on engineering, product leadership, and startup grit. His background includes core developer work on Firebase, senior engineering at Google, and browser performance work at Microsoft, reflecting deep expertise in databases, real-time systems, and platform performance. An open-source contributor, he optimized the database creation and bi-directional BFS logic for the Six Degrees of Wikipedia project, showing attention to algorithmic efficiency and practical tooling. He holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of Notre Dame and has a track record of turning research-grade ideas into production-ready services.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science at University of Notre Dame
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Github Skills (27)
algorithm10
algorithms10
sqlite10
python10
google-cloud-functions10
firebase-realtime-database10
data-structure10
data-structures10
firebase10
wikipedia9
firebase-authentication9
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google-cloud-platform9
firebase-security9
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Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
jwngr/sdow
Jun 2017 - May 2021
Six Degrees of Wikipedia
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 296 commits, 154 PRs in 3 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Jacob re-implemented the database creation process and optimized it for speed. They modified the `breadthFirstSearch.py` file, which included code for bi-directional breadth-first search implementation, showing a focus on the core search algorithm logic. Also, they changed the database and shell scripts related to database creation. The user demonstrated an understanding of database structure and performance considerations.
six-degreeswikipediadegreessixwebpage
jwngr/paint-by-primes
Dec 2017 - May 2021
Generate a prime number that looks like any image
Contributions:156 commits, 33 PRs, 147 pushes in 3 years 5 months
prime
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