Jacob Y
Senior Consultant at Sancho Studio
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJacob Young is a pragmatic founder and engineering leader with 12 years of experience building security-conscious, production-grade software across startups and major platforms. As CEO of Sancho Studio he delivers end-to-end systems—from real-time ML inference and synthetic data pipelines to medical device launches and hardware inventory platforms—helping teams ship robust products quickly. Previously he drove end-to-end encryption and PKI work at Zoom and contributed front-end cryptography tooling at Keybase, combining applied security, Rust/WASM cryptography experiments from a Recurse Center sabbatical, and hands-on React development. Comfortable moving between product, platform, and low-level crypto, he’s known for rapidly assimilating domain nuances and turning them into immediately useful engineering outcomes.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at University of California, Davis
English, Hebrew
Github Skills (5)
react10
storybook10
javascript9
css8
image-manipulation7
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
keybase/client
Jun 2018 - May 2020
Keybase Go Library, Client, Service, OS X, iOS, Android, Electron
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:185 commits, 223 PRs, 805 pushes in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Jacob primarily contributed to front-end development within the Keybase client repository. Their commits focused on implementing new UI elements, specifically a tooltip feature, and updating existing components such as the Filter and OrientedImage. The user demonstrated skills in React, Storybook for component development, and worked on features related to image orientation and display within the desktop application.
golangreactelectronreact-nativeclient-library
dvcoders/dvhacks
Mar 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:21 commits, 28 PRs, 29 pushes in 27 days
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