Jacob Haile

about

I am a software engineer with 10+ years of experience building performant, scalable applications. With deep experience across stacks, team coordination and collaboration, and mentoring engineers, web development acts as both my hobby and profession. With a proven track record aligning development with product outcomes, I'm at home in complex product environments, where my values emphasize clean design, test coverage, and developer experience.

experience

Staff Engineer

Endpoint

Aug 2021 - Present

Designed and planned frontend and backend work around tasks, a core event-driven service powering millions of operational tasks, which served as the basis for workflows and several other instrumental services. Modernized the frontend stack by adopting Next.js, introducing SSR and optimizing page performance with persisted state across page navigation. Served as subject matter expert for the company's Next.js clients, NestJS BFF, and component library.

Senior Front End Engineer

PatientPop

Oct 2019 - Jul 2021

Led frontend redesign of appointment scheduling UI using Vue and Vuex, significantly improving page load times and user satisfaction. Built a frontend appointment scheduling conflict engine to alert users of occupied appointments within the scheduling form. Developed and expanded self-service flows, contributing to reducing manual call-center workload by 10 hours per week.

Front End Developer

Meredith

Jan 2019 - Oct 2019

Introduced modern tooling including webpack, React, and Next.js to a legacy codebase, bringing contemporary development practices to the team. Delivered a commerce project 2.5x faster than planned by recommending and implementing the company's first Next.js project, demonstrating the value of modern frameworks.

Software Engineer

Reddit

July 2017 - Aug 2018

Built a new onboarding flow for the legacy site, introducing modern functionality while ensuring broad support for a variety of web browsers. Developed a personalized email digest system that scaled to deliver to over 100,000+ users per week, improving user engagement and retention.

Web Developer

23andMe

May 2014 - July 2017

Led mobile-first frontend implementation of the full redesign of the logged-in experience, ensuring responsive and accessible interfaces across devices. Created interactive genome visualizations and custom UI widgets using Backbone, JavaScript, and Sass, making complex genetic data accessible to users.

education

notable work