Jake Reifer
Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolJake Reifer is a Software Engineer II at Microsoft with nine years of hands-on experience building production software since graduating from Northwestern University in 2019. At Microsoft he progressed from intern to full-time engineer and now to mid-level engineer, contributing to large-scale products in a fast-paced, enterprise environment. He combines strong CS fundamentals with a practical bent—earlier roles range from restructuring databases and QA at an agency to independent lab research using RT-PCR—showing comfort across systems, data, and experimentation. Based in New York, he pairs mentoring and teaching experience with client-facing and operational roles, making him adept at translating technical requirements into reliable, maintainable solutions. Notably, his background blends rigorous academic training with real-world software delivery, enabling him to navigate both research-adjacent problems and production engineering.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors of Science, Computer Science; Economics Minor, Bachelors of Science, Computer Science; Economics Minor at Northwestern UniversitySalutatorian; Executive President of Hope From the Heart; President of Jewish Student Connection Club; Vice President of Communication of National Honor Society; Captain of Varsity Bowling Team;, Salutatorian; Executive President of Hope From the Heart; President of Jewish Student Connection Club; Vice President of Communication of National Honor Society; Captain of Varsity Bowling Team; at New Rochelle High School
English, Spanish
Github Skills (22)
drift10
agile-development10
agile10
microsoft-azure9
docker9
product-management9
graphql9
azure-marketplace8
azure6
azure-functions6
serverless5
serverless-framework5
sdk5
terraform5
monitoring4
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
jakereifer/RecipeParser
Feb 2019 - Mar 2019
Parses recipe for ingredients/steps and displays transformed recipe
Contributions:13 PRs, 43 pushes, 7 branches in 14 days
recipesrecipedisplaysingredientshints
jakereifer/Zummy-Functions
Jul 2018 - Jul 2018
Contributions:26 pushes, 1 branch in 12 days
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