Hello, I'm Jacob! I'm a Software Engineer and ultimate player. and high school coach. and optimist. and adventurer. and photographer. and leader. and plant mom.

about

who is jacob?

head-shot of Jacob Shade.

A curiousity driven Software Engineer with a go-getter attitude.

As a lifelong learner and problem-solver, I'm passionate about using technology to create innovative solutions. With a diverse skillset spanning front-end development, machine learning, and database management, I'm driven to tackle complex challenges and deliver impactful results.

I'm happiest when I'm creating, learning, exploring and thinking about how to make things better. My most recent industry experience was a software engineering postition at a startup working with a web app. I'm currently looking for a full time software engineering position!

skills & tools

my toolbox & things i can do

HTML5

CSS3

JavaScript

jQuery

React

Git

Github

REST APIs

Java

Python

C

CLI/Terminal

VS Code

Node

WordPress

Adobe Suite

Currently working on:

Building a sports CMS with Next.js and Supabase.

work

a selection of projects i've built

graph showing accuracy of differnt machine learning algorithms.

Fake News Classifier

Find out whether or not a news article can be trusted. Using several machine learning algorithms, we trained models to predict how likely an article would be fake. Coded with Abdul Basit.

devices showing screenshots of The Absolutely Amazing Newspaper Apparatus app.

Test Automation Framework

While at Lion Federal I developed a web UI test automation framework in Ruby utilizing Selenium. Created an interface to allow for an English-like scripting development language by using RegEx.

devices showing screenshots of Word Wiz game.

Mock Netflix DB

Designed and built a mock Netflix database storing users, movies, actors/actresses, profiles, and ratings. Created an entity relation diagram and schema to capture system requirements. Implemented a program in JDBC to query the Oracle DBMS holding the data.

devices showing screenshots of Your New Best Forest Friend quiz.

Good Bean

Have a good bean for a good day! good bean is a mock coffee bean company. This was coded for practice creating responsive websites and keeping a consistent style throughout.

devices showing screenshots of Cohort Business website.

Tile Takeover

Led the development of an Android app with an event driven architecture. In this game, players may walk or slide across the yellow platforms with a goal of reaching the red center platform before other players.

contact

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