Jake Ford

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โžค ๐ˆ ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐๐ž. ๐ˆ ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ - ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐๐ž๐š ๐ญ๐จ ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ.

About

โžค ๐ˆ ๐๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐๐ž. ๐ˆ ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ - ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐๐ž๐š ๐ญ๐จ ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ.

Iโ€™m a Software Engineer and Full Stack Developer who enjoys solving complex problems and turning ideas into reliable, scalable applications.

Whether you need a modern website, a powerful backend, an AI-powered application, a data pipeline, or a custom game, I can handle both the big picture and the small technical details.

โžค ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ˆ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก

โœ… ๐…๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ค & ๐–๐ž๐› ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ
React, Next.js, Vue.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, Python, Django, FastAPI, REST APIs, GraphQL

โœ… ๐๐š๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ง๐ & ๐’๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ 
Scalable architecture, API development, third-party integrations, microservices, authentication, performance optimization

โœ… ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐š ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  & ๐€๐ˆ
Python, SQL, ETL/ELT pipelines, data processing, automation, OpenAI API, LLM integration, RAG, AI agents

โœ… ๐‚๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ & ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ฌ
AWS, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, GitHub Actions, cloud deployment, infrastructure automation

โœ… ๐†๐š๐ฆ๐ž & ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ
Unity, Unreal Engine, C#, C++, gameplay systems, multiplayer features, interactive applications

โžค ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค

๐ŸŒŸ I understand your business goals before choosing technologies.
๐ŸŒŸ I write clean, maintainable code that other developers can work with.
๐ŸŒŸ I communicate clearly, share progress regularly, and solve problems without unnecessary back-and-forth.
๐ŸŒŸ I think beyond just completing tasks. I care about performance, usability, security, and long-term maintenance.

โžค ๐Œ๐ฒ ๐ ๐จ๐š๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž: Build something that works well, solves your actual problem, and makes your business easier to run.

Have a project in mind? Send me a message. Iโ€™d be happy to discuss it and figure out the best way to build it.

Languages

  • EnglishFluent

Industry experience

  • Software & Internet
  • Computers & Electronics
  • Gaming
  • Healthcare
  • Real Estate & Construction

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Projects ยท 3

Rosebud AI (reference) - React, Python, Unity, C# - AI & Interactive Developer

A fictional AI-assisted interactive creation environment inspired by Rosebud AI's game-building platform. The conceptual application combines React-based project management, Python AI services, and a Unity/C# prototyping workflow. Users could generate game concepts, edit character behavior, organize assets, and test interactive mechanics. A backend API manages projects, job queues, asset metadata, and AI requests. Additional features include progress tracking, multiplayer prototype sessions, and cloud-hosted demonstrations, connecting game-development workflows with modern SaaS architecture. Key Skills: React, Python, OpenAI API, Unity, C#

  • Back-End Developer
  • Data Engineer
  • Front-End Developer
  • +2
Papermark (reference) - Next.js, AWS S3, PostgreSQL - Full-Stack Architect

A fictional secure document management and analytics platform based on Papermark's product category. Proposed features include private document rooms, encrypted storage, expiring links, granular sharing permissions, activity logs, and visitor analytics. A Next.js dashboard connects to backend APIs managing access policies and file-processing workflows. AWS S3 provides object storage, PostgreSQL stores metadata, and background workers generate document previews. The design emphasizes secure access, auditability, performance, and scalable infrastructure for business and financial-document workflows. Key Skills: Next.js, SaaS Development, API Integration, PostgreSQL, Amazon Web Services

  • Back-End Developer
  • Data Engineer
  • Front-End Developer
  • +2
Chatbase (reference) - Next.js, FastAPI, OpenAI, PostgreSQL - AI SaaS Architect

A fictional AI customer support platform modeled on the workflows shown by Chatbase. The reference architecture combines a Next.js dashboard, Python/FastAPI backend, OpenAI API, and pgvector-based RAG for knowledge-grounded responses. Designed capabilities include document ingestion, semantic retrieval, agent configuration, human handoff, conversation analytics, and CRM integrations. The proposed system uses tenant isolation, background processing, evaluation datasets, and citation-aware responses to improve support accuracy, reduce manual work, and maintain reliable AI behavior.

  • Back-End Developer
  • Data Engineer
  • Front-End Developer
  • +2

Work experienceยท 4 roles

Lead Full-Stack & AI Software Engineer | SaaS Architecture ยท Mercerfield LabsJan 2025 โ€“ Jul 2026 ยท 1 yr 7 mos

Lead the architecture and development of AI-powered SaaS products for customer operations and B2B workflow automation. Own Next.js, React, TypeScript, Python/FastAPI, PostgreSQL, and AWS services from technical design through release. Built a multi-tenant application serving 5,200 weekly active users, integrating Stripe billing, OAuth2/OIDC authentication, Redis caching, role-based access control, and event-driven APIs. Improved p95 response latency by 41% through query optimization, caching, and asynchronous processing. Designed a retrieval-augmented generation system covering 45,000 documents using OpenAI, LangGraph, pgvector, and permission-aware retrieval. Achieved 91% answer acceptance against 300 internal evaluation questions and reduced manual support review by 32%. Manage Docker deployments, GitHub Actions CI/CD, monitoring, security reviews, and technical mentorship for four engineers.

Senior Backend & Data Engineer | Python, FastAPI, AWS ยท Northline SystemsJan 2023 โ€“ Dec 2024 ยท 2 yrs

Developed scalable backend systems and data engineering infrastructure for logistics, reporting, and operations software. Designed Python/FastAPI microservices, PostgreSQL databases, REST APIs, and asynchronous processing workflows deployed through AWS ECS, Lambda, RDS, and S3. Built ETL/ELT pipelines using Python, SQL, Apache Airflow, dbt, and Databricks to process approximately 1.8 million events daily from external APIs, partner feeds, and transactional systems. Reworked a reconciliation pipeline using incremental ingestion, partitioning, deduplication, and validation, reducing execution time from three hours to 18 minutes. Added automated data-quality checks covering 60 critical business rules and reduced recurring manual corrections by 46%. Collaborated with five engineers and analytics stakeholders, managed API contracts, documented system dependencies, and introduced observability and deployment standards across production services.

Full-Stack Software Engineer | React, Node.js, Cloud APIs ยท BasinCloud LabsJan 2021 โ€“ Dec 2022 ยท 2 yrs

Built cloud-based SaaS applications, dashboards, and third-party integrations for small businesses and subscription platforms. Developed responsive interfaces using React, Next.js, Vue.js, and TypeScript, supported by Node.js/Express and Django REST Framework services. Implemented PostgreSQL schemas, GraphQL and REST endpoints, Stripe subscriptions, webhook consumers, OAuth authentication, and Redis caching. Took ownership of an operations dashboard used by more than 1,400 business users and integrated CRM, payment, and email APIs into a unified workflow. Reduced average dashboard load time by 38% through query optimization, pagination, and frontend performance improvements. Introduced integration tests and automated deployment pipelines using GitHub Actions, Docker, and AWS, reducing regression-related hotfixes by 30%. Worked directly with product managers on scope, estimates, releases, and technical tradeoffs.

Junior Full-Stack Web Developer | JavaScript, React, Python ยท Cedarline DigitalOct 2018 โ€“ Dec 2020 ยท 2 yrs 3 mos

Education

Master of Science in Computer Science ยท Georgia Institute of Technology2022 โ€“ 2024

Graduate studies focused on advanced algorithms, distributed computing, machine learning, databases, and software engineering. Completed practical coursework involving scalable service architecture, Python-based data processing, AI applications, and performance evaluation. Developed a fictional graduate research prototype combining distributed document indexing, semantic search, and access-controlled retrieval across 120,000 synthetic records. Benchmarked query latency and retrieval quality under increasing workload, achieving a 34% reduction in median search response time compared with an initial baseline. The program provided deeper knowledge of concurrency, system design, AI evaluation, cloud computing, and engineering tradeoffs relevant to SaaS architecture.

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science ยท Arizona State University2014 โ€“ 2026

Studied object-oriented programming, algorithms, data structures, database systems, computer networks, operating systems, and software development. Worked extensively with Java, C++, Python, JavaScript, SQL, and web application architecture. Completed team assignments involving REST API development, relational database modeling, automated testing, and client-server applications. For a fictional senior capstone project, helped build a campus event management platform supporting registrations, scheduling, attendance tracking, and reporting. Developed backend services and an administrative interface, tested the application with 120 simulated concurrent users, and reduced average database query time by 29% after indexing and query improvements.

Testimonials ยท 5.0 from 1 review

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