Jake Lacey
Software Engineer II at Auth0
Stevenage, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJake Lacey is a pragmatic Software Engineer II with 11 years' experience building full-stack web systems, currently focused at Auth0 after prior roles at the BBC, Mindera, Centiq and Drupal specialist shops. He has strong hands-on experience across JavaScript stacks (React, Node, Meteor), PHP, and microservices, and has shipped real-time, distributed products integrating MongoDB, Redis, MySQL and third-party APIs. Comfortable with end-to-end delivery, Jake combines feature development, code review and mentoring with product-facing conversations to evaluate feasibility and reduce technical debt. His background in support and rapid troubleshooting means he often surfaces edge cases early and builds resilient, user-focused solutions. Colleagues have relied on him for interview hiring insight and practical coaching that bridges junior-to-senior skill gaps. Based in Stevenage, he pairs steady execution with a curiosity for systems design and continuous improvement.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Guthlaxton College
Stackoverflow
633reputation
35kreached
8answers
23questions
Github Skills (200)
chat10
client-library10
jsonwebtoken10
json10
changelog10
fetch10
nodejs10
webrtc10
oauth10
fetch-api10
ietf10
splashscreen10
slack10
package10
release-automation10
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
jakelacey2012/ucb_themes
Jun 2016 - Jul 2016
Contributions:88 PRs, 58 pushes, 89 branches in 29 days
themesdrupalucb
jakelacey2012/jakelacey2012
Jul 2020 - Nov 2023
Contributions:1 PR, 76 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 4 months
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