Hi, I'm Jacob Albin, a Senior Full Stack Web Developer with over 10 years of experience specializing in the MERN stack. I love building dynamic and high-performance web applications that are scalable and user-friendly. Collaboration is key for me, and I thrive in Agile environments where I can work with diverse teams to deliver quality features on time. My expertise spans from creating responsive frontends with React to building robust backend APIs and optimizing deployment workflows using Docker and GitHub Actions. I enjoy translating complex product goals into maintainable code and continuously improving application performance and architecture.

Jacob Albin

Hi, I'm Jacob Albin, a Senior Full Stack Web Developer with over 10 years of experience specializing in the MERN stack. I love building dynamic and high-performance web applications that are scalable and user-friendly. Collaboration is key for me, and I thrive in Agile environments where I can work with diverse teams to deliver quality features on time. My expertise spans from creating responsive frontends with React to building robust backend APIs and optimizing deployment workflows using Docker and GitHub Actions. I enjoy translating complex product goals into maintainable code and continuously improving application performance and architecture.

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Hi, I’m Jacob Albin, a Senior Full Stack Web Developer with over 10 years of experience specializing in the MERN stack. I love building dynamic and high-performance web applications that are scalable and user-friendly. Collaboration is key for me, and I thrive in Agile environments where I can work with diverse teams to deliver quality features on time.

My expertise spans from creating responsive frontends with React to building robust backend APIs and optimizing deployment workflows using Docker and GitHub Actions. I enjoy translating complex product goals into maintainable code and continuously improving application performance and architecture.

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Work Experience

Senior Full Stack Developer at Kiggla
March 1, 2018 - Present
Developed and maintained modular full stack applications using React, Node.js, and MongoDB, powering financial dashboards and account management tools. Built RESTful APIs with Express.js for secure data transactions, integrating services such as Stripe and Zendesk to enhance user workflows. Led frontend refactor initiatives with React hooks and component optimization, improving first contentful paint by 35%. Automated deployments using Docker and GitHub Actions, enabling faster rollbacks and reducing production incidents by 30%. Partnered with cross-functional teams in Agile sprints, ensuring delivery of features every 2 weeks with over 95% sprint completion rate.
Full Stack Developer at Homelight
February 28, 2018 - July 30, 2025
Engineered internal enterprise tools with Node.js and MongoDB to support large-scale real estate operations. Created reusable React components and implemented Redux to streamline UI state management across multiple modules. Tuned Express.js middleware and database queries, reducing API latency by 22% on key user flows. Contributed to Kanban-style workflow improvements and release planning, enhancing team throughput and delivery confidence.

Education

Bachelor of Science at University of Central Florida
January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2012

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Industry Experience

Financial Services, Real Estate & Construction, Software & Internet