Jacob Ross

About Me

Hey there! I'm Jacob Ross, a software engineer in Portland, OR with over a decade of platform, frontend, and backend experience. I graduated from The Art Institute of Portland with a Bachelor of Science in 2013. I specialize in Node.js and AWS, building platform services and tools that help engineering teams ship faster. I also work with Next.js, React, and CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Jenkins.

Development Tools

Languages: JavaScript, PHP, Groovy
Runtimes: Node.js
Frameworks: Next.js, React, Vue.js
Cloud: ECS, S3, Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, CloudFront, SNS/SQS, ALB, CloudFormation
Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL
CI/CD: GitHub Actions, Jenkins
AI Tools: Cursor, Claude Code, OpenSpec
Game Dev: Phaser, Babylon.js

Work Sample

Nike.com — Product Detail Page Icon Grid

Built the static asset delivery system that powers product spec icons across Nike.com, reducing the release cycle from ~7 weeks to under 60 seconds.

Experience

Nike

Jan 2016 – Present

Software Engineer II · Contract to hire

At Nike, I build and maintain platform services and developer tooling that enable engineering teams to ship faster and more reliably. Work includes a static asset delivery system, shared CI/CD pipelines for supporting experience teams, and event-driven content infrastructure on AWS.

Node.js · Next.js · AWS · Groovy · Jenkins · GitHub Actions

Intel

May 2015 – Jan 2016

Web Developer · Contract

Tech lead of a front-end team serving multiple geographies on Intel.com. Built responsive data visualizations using D3.js for diversity campaigns.

JavaScript · D3.js

AngelVision Technologies

Apr 2013 – Feb 2015

Web Developer

Built full-stack web applications and integrated third-party REST APIs including Stripe, PayPal, and social platforms.

PHP · Laravel · MySQL

Darkwater Studios

Jan 2013 – Apr 2013

Junior Developer

Server-side development of web projects using PHP and MySQL, including an in-house CMS.

PHP · MySQL