TypeScript / JavaScript
The core of my day-to-day, front end through Node services.
Welcome, I'm
Jacob O'Reilly
A Flint-raised software engineer living in the JavaScript / TypeScript world. I build the app, and I write the tests that keep it standing.
Engineer at VIVE by day, front-end tinkerer by night. Ten years of Angular and React front ends, Node services, and automation suites, plus a handful of sites built for people I know.
Grand Blanc, Michigan
01 / About
Hello there, I'm Jacob.
I'm a Flint native living in the Grand Blanc area now. By day I'm a Software Engineer at VIVE (Vendor Information Verification Experts). By night I'm an aspiring front-end developer, doing side projects and personalized websites for anyone who needs one. I love turning an idea into something that actually runs, and I enjoy the process of getting there.
What I care about most is writing code other people can trust, which is probably why I spent years on the testing side before moving fully into development. And if you just need a site built, I've done that end to end for a piano studio, a photographer, and a non-profit. Either way, reach out.
- 10+
- Years in software
- 4
- Sites shipped for clients
- 3
- Companies
- B.S.
- CIS, U-M Flint
02 / Off the clock
Hockey, most Sundays
I've been on the ice for as long as I can remember, and I still make the Sunday night skate.
Swarm Paintball
Summers on the field with my team, plus a non-profit we run to give back to the paintball community.
Flint born and raised
Grand Blanc these days, but Flint is home, and most of the sites I've built are for people from here.
03 / Skills
What I reach for first
Angular & React
Production front ends, component architecture, state and forms.
Test automation
Cypress, Selenium, Mocha and JMeter, from E2E to load testing.
Node, Express & SQL
APIs and data layers on MySQL, Firebase and AWS.
Languages
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- Java
- Sass / SCSS
- Less
Frameworks
- Angular
- React
- Node.js
- Express
Testing
- Cypress
- Selenium
- Mocha.js
- Karma / Jasmine
- Apache JMeter
- E2E & integration
Data & tooling
- MySQL
- Firebase
- AWS
- Git
04 / Experience
Where I've worked
2022 – Now
Software Engineer
CurrentVIVE LLC (Vendor Information Verification Experts)
2020 – 2022
Quality Assurance Lead / Developer
GRID LLC
2014 – 2020
Software Tester / Developer
SolveIT Inc.
Bachelor of Science - Computer Information Systems
University of Michigan - Flint
05 / Work
Selected projects
Client sites and side projects, all live. Built and maintained solo.
06 / Contact
Let's build something.
Hiring, contracting, or you just want a site of your own. Send a note and I'll get back to you.