Jake Johnson
Owner at 805 Software
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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RockstarJake Johnson is a software consultant and founder with 13 years of experience building web and mobile apps, specializing in APIs, integrations, and developer experience. He co-founded Divshot (acquired by Google Firebase) and has led engineering teams at TaxJar and Stripe, delivering complex connectors and data integrations across billing, tax, and app stores. Now running a boutique consultancy in Los Angeles, he focuses on turning products into platform-ready ecosystems by unlocking new channels and scalable workflows. Jake pairs hands-on front-end craftsmanship—evident from contributions like the geo-bootstrap theme—with strategic engineering leadership that accelerates partner growth. He’s particularly skilled at training teams to replicate integration playbooks and building simple solutions to complex interoperability problems. Enthusiastic about remote culture and developer-first design, he blends startup grit with enterprise-grade delivery.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (6)
html10
css10
twitter-bootstrap10
front-end-development10
ui-design9
javascript4
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
divshot/geo-bootstrap
Mar 2013 - Aug 2014
A timeless Twitter Bootstrap theme built for the modern web.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:22 commits in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Jake primarily focused on the front-end development of a Twitter Bootstrap theme. Their commits reveal modifications to the project's CSS, including adding and removing styles related to responsiveness, theming, and visual elements like borders and backgrounds. They also made changes to the test page, removing elements, adding links, and incorporating images, demonstrating a focus on UI customization. The user's work shows an understanding of Bootstrap's structure and the ability to modify its appearance.
bootstrap4cssbootstrap-themetwittermodern-web
taxjar/taxjar-php
Jun 2015 - Oct 2020
Sales Tax API Client for PHP 5.5+
Contributions:1 review, 87 commits, 25 PRs in 5 years 4 months
api-clientapiecommercephp-5php
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