Jesse Reitz
Founder at DocuCodes
Crystal Lake, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolJesse Reitz is a founder and full-stack software engineer with nine years of experience building scalable web applications in JavaScript, Python, and JVM ecosystems. He founded DocuCodes to reduce the "knowledge tax" in engineering teams by tightly coupling interactive documentation with source code, emphasizing frictionless GitHub integration and context-rich walkthroughs. Previously he architected resilient backend systems for companies like Sprout Social and Foxtrot, leading migrations to microservices, designing high-availability deduplication strategies, and implementing secure auth and event-driven schemas. At Warmer he balanced rapid delivery with long-term technical leadership, introducing RFC processes and infrastructure automation with Terraform and GitHub Actions. Known for clear interpersonal communication and mentorship, he routinely runs developer training sessions and champions reproducible, observable systems. Based in Crystal Lake, Illinois, Jesse describes himself as a developer navigating the Midwest—bringing practical curiosity and a product-minded approach to developer experience challenges.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate Front End Web Development, Certificate Front End Web Development at freeCodeCampBachelor of Arts (B.A.) Political Science and Government, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Political Science and Government at Northern Michigan UniversityHigh School, High School at Johnsburg High School
English, Spanish
Stackoverflow
27reputation
4kreached
3answers
3questions
Github Skills (86)
fastapi10
json-schema10
swagger10
openapi10
async10
swagger-ui10
api10
rest10
json10
redoc10
vscode-plugin9
high-performance9
github9
python9
pydantic9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
jessereitz/.dotfiles
Jan 2020 - Apr 2024
Bash and VIM configuration for MacOS and Ubuntu.
Contributions:19 PRs, 64 pushes, 20 branches in 4 years 3 months
zshrcvimkarabinertmuxlinux
jessereitz/WriteFree
Aug 2018 - Nov 2018
A clutter-free embeddable text text editor.
Contributions:246 commits, 2 PRs, 106 pushes in 3 months
cluttertext-editoreditorembeddable
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