Jacob Zimmerman
United States
Summary
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SeniorJacob Zimmerman is a software engineer based in Philadelphia with 12 years of experience building developer-facing tools and scientific software. He blends practical systems work—GUI and transpiler backends for data standards and performance-analysis tooling for bioinformatics workflows—with teaching experience designing and leading courses on compilers and epistemology. Currently at Stainless, Jacob brings a research-minded approach inspired by computing pioneers, focusing on how tools shape thought and learning. He has a track record of turning prototypes into usable interfaces and automations, and uniquely pairs hands-on engineering with curriculum development and workshop instruction.
12 years of coding experience
Stackoverflow
362reputation
88kreached
16answers
4questions
Github Skills (90)
end-to-end-encryption10
pgp10
windows10
chat10
wpf10
keybase10
flex9
command-palette9
react-native9
ide9
powertoys9
darkmode9
react9
windows-desktop9
csharp9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
jczimm/livemind
Feb 2019 - Dec 2025
𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍 is 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓱𝔂𝓹𝓮𝓻-𝓮𝓹𝓱𝓮𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓪𝓵 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓹𝓪𝓭
Contributions:2 PRs, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 11 months
posterjavascriptnodejslive
jczimm/jczimm.github.io
Mar 2014 - Apr 2020
Personal website.
Contributions:1205 commits, 3 PRs, 136 pushes in 6 years 2 months
reactnextjs
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