Jacob Zimmerman
Software Engineer at Stainless
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJacob 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
1 year of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at St. Andrew's SchoolBachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Tufts University
Chinese
Stackoverflow
362reputation
88kreached
16answers
4questions
Github Skills (123)
end-to-end-encryption10
pgp10
windows10
chat10
mouse-events10
wpf10
client-library10
keybase10
controlled10
service-client10
desktop10
flex9
audio9
music9
wave9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
jczimm-blog/jczimm-blog.github.io
Jul 2014 - Mar 2015
Contributions:54 commits, 6 pushes in 8 months
jczimm/livemind
Feb 2019 - Aug 2022
𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍 is 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓱𝔂𝓹𝓮𝓻-𝓮𝓹𝓱𝓮𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓪𝓵 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓹𝓪𝓭
Contributions:2 PRs, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 7 months
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