Jillian Somera
Software Engineer at Available for new opportunties
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolJillian Somera is a software engineer and serial entrepreneur with a decade of experience building web products and scalable fraud-detection systems that protect millions of users. A multidisciplinary creator — musician, artist, and mental health advocate — she brings creativity and ethical urgency to engineering, prioritizing inclusive, mission-driven work that serves historically marginalized communities. She founded JSMobile and has shipped production systems at startups and fintech (Chime, Kin Insurance), pairing hands-on development with product-minded ownership. Jillian leverages lived experience with bipolar disorder as a source of hyper-creativity and resilience, and she channels that energy into ventures and public writing on tech, mental health, and equity. Based in Chicago and pursuing a master’s at Harvard Extension, she blends entrepreneurial grit with a strong commitment to humane technology and cultural impact.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Bachelor’s Degree at Columbia College ChicagoAttended, Attended at Knox CollegeDev BootcampCertificate of Mastery in Visual Communications, Certificate of Mastery in Visual Communications at Guam Community CollegeMaster's degree, Master's degree at Harvard Extension School
Spanish, Japanese, Tagalog, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (25)
javascript10
css10
codebase10
certification10
math10
nodejs10
react10
ruby-wrapper9
corona9
pipenv9
json-api9
hidden8
api8
herokuapp7
webapp7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
jaerodyne/police-incidents-api
May 2020 - Aug 2020
In development: https://hidden-reef-55878.herokuapp.com/api/v1/incidents
Contributions:49 commits, 5 PRs, 40 pushes in 2 months
reefapinodejsherokuappincidents
jaerodyne/highs-and-lows
Oct 2017 - Feb 2020
An interactive website built as exclusive extra content for my band's debut album, Highs and Lows.
Contributions:12 PRs, 29 pushes, 12 branches in 2 years 4 months
exclusivebanddebutas-builtnextjs
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