Summary
Jake Klassen is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building and operating scalable Node.js and TypeScript systems, currently focused on risk-tech at Circadian Risk. He excels at automating infrastructure and developer workflows—having owned devops migrations to cloud platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and job systems backed by Redis—and frequently works with microservices, GCP pub/sub, and container orchestration. Jake moves fluidly between API design, backend architecture, and operational reliability, with hands-on experience in Nest.js, Feathers, MongoDB, Cassandra, and messaging stacks like RabbitMQ. He’s motivated by multiplying team productivity through tooling and automation, and outside of enterprise work he has pursued indie game development in Unity, revealing a long-standing interest in creative software projects.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Advanced Diploma Information Technology, Advanced Diploma Information Technology at Fanshawe College