Jake Laderman is a versatile software engineer with eight years of experience building full-stack systems, recently focused on React and TypeScript while also contributing backend and DevOps work in Rust and Node.js. He has shipped production-facing features and infrastructure—owning components of the high-profile Diem blockchain codebase and modernizing CI/CD, build tooling, and cloud deployments. As a former co-founder and CTO he designed serverless products at the intersection of product and ops, and at Accenture led a small team to build a Rust CLI and migrate greenfield AWS infrastructure. Based in New York, he pairs meticulous attention to detail with a maker’s curiosity for 3D printing, electronics, and creative tech, often bringing hardware-minded pragmatism to software problems.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Vanderbilt University
Diem’s mission is to build a trusted and innovative financial network that empowers people and businesses around the world.
Role in this project:
Backend & DevOps Engineer
Contributions:2 releases, 11 reviews, 46 commits in 10 months
Contributions summary:Jake primarily contributed to the backend infrastructure and build process of the Diem blockchain project. Their work included modifying scripts and configurations related to the build and CI/CD pipeline, specifically adjusting references to the "latest" branch and updating rust-toolchain versions. They also refactored and updated various crate dependencies and introduced new functionalities into the command line tool. In addition, they contributed to the core functionality of the project, updating various data types and views.
Diem’s mission is to build a trusted and innovative financial network that empowers people and businesses around the world.
Contributions:196 pushes, 63 branches in 1 year 6 months
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