Jake Maier
Principal Software Engineer at Northrop Grumman
Alabama, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJake Maier is a Principal Software Engineer with eight years of hands-on experience advancing defense-grade software at Northrop Grumman, rapidly progressing from intern to principal. Currently pursuing an M.S. in Computer Science while holding a B.S. (4.00 GPA) with minors in Mathematics and Game Design, he blends strong theoretical foundations with practical systems development. Jake is known for learning quickly and tackling complex problems across the stack, contributing to mission-critical projects and mentoring junior engineers. His background running calculus review sessions and peer mentoring reflects a talent for translating complex technical concepts into teachable steps. Based in Alabama, he brings disciplined academic rigor and collaborative leadership to large-scale engineering efforts. Outside typical engineering duties, his game-design studies inform creative problem framing and user-focused solutions.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Colorado State UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Github Skills (2)
javafx8
java7
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
SpiralGalaxy87/CS490
Sep 2021 - Nov 2021
Contributions:1 PR, 44 pushes, 6 branches in 1 month
Maier-Jake/CS499-DroneTelemetryTool
Apr 2022 - Apr 2022
Contributions:54 pushes, 12 branches in 22 days
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