Jake Seo
Senior Backend Engineer at Sellfire
Virginia, United States
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Top SchoolJake Seo is a Senior Backend Engineer with 7 years of experience building and scaling distributed systems, currently driving backend work at Sellfire after several years at Rapptr Labs. He pairs a strong Ruby on Rails and full-stack JavaScript background with practical experience in system design, focusing on reliable APIs and performance at scale. His career began in data-focused roles at LG and Government Scientific Source, giving him a data-first perspective on engineering and operational workflows. Comfortable across the stack, Jake moves fluidly between backend architecture and frontend considerations using React and Redux when needed. Based in Virginia, he combines formal training in economics and statistics with immersive coding education from App Academy to solve product and data complexity. Colleagues note his knack for turning messy data processes into maintainable tooling—an underappreciated strength that informs his backend decisions.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Economics & Statistics, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Economics & Statistics at University of MarylandApp Academy
Korean
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (5)
permutation6
javascript6
twilio6
twilio-api5
nodejs3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
seoi99/foodienyc
Dec 2018 - Oct 2019
Contributions:53 commits, 31 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
seoi99/seoi99.github.io
Oct 2018 - Apr 2026
Contributions:49 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 7 months
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