Jake Schaffer
Software Engineer at Kyndryl
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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Top SchoolJake Schaffer is a software engineer based in Minneapolis with a decade of hands-on experience building user-focused web and mobile applications, currently contributing at Kyndryl after multi-platform work at Capillary North America and Project Phoenix. He blends a design-minded background in graphic design and product development with robust full-stack JavaScript skills—Next.js, React Native/Expo, TypeScript, Node.js—and practical monorepo experience using TurboRepo. Known for spotting gaps and connecting disparate ideas, Jake excels at turning creative visions into scalable products that empower changemakers. His career mixes startup grit (co-founding Terrain Finder, organizing Techstars events) with manufacturing and fabrication experience, giving him a rare combination of systems thinking and production-level attention to detail. He’s driven by lifelong learning and creative intelligence, often pairing deep strategic thinking with hands-on prototyping to inspire teams and stakeholders.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Graphic Design Technology-AAS, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Technology-AAS, Graphic Design at Minnesota State Community and Technical CollegeFull Stack Software Engineer, Full Stack Software Engineer at Emerging Digital Academy
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Github Skills (21)
javascript10
android10
frontend10
react10
react-native9
mbaas9
ios9
microfrontend9
typescript9
expo9
react-navigation9
weex9
web-framework8
mobile8
framework78
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
ImJakeDev/gatsby-starter-delog
Jul 2020 - Oct 2020
Contributions:25 PRs, 47 pushes, 26 branches in 3 months
ImJakeDev/jakes-digital-garden
Dec 2024 - Mar 2025
A place where digital seeds are planted of thoughts, notes, and ideas.
Contributions:1 review, 13 PRs, 45 pushes in 2 months
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