Principal Full-Stack Engineering Manager

Jacob Budin is an experienced Engineering Manager and Individual Contributor with 15 years of experience in building, overseeing, and leading technology projects for companies including American Express, Apple, Discover, MasterClass, Peloton, SoFi, and Zocdoc. He has launched numerous web and mobile digital products for Fortune 500 companies and start-ups, including Webby Award-winning work. His expertise spans modern client-side applications (SPAs) using JavaScript/TypeScript (React, Vue, Next.js, Redux), traditional server-side and microservice architectures (Node.js, Python, PHP, Java, Go), native and non-native mobile development (iOS, Android), and cloud infrastructure (AWS, Google Cloud, Netlify, Vercel). He also possesses strong fundamentals in DevOps, CI/CD, bundling, testing, i18n, security, compliance, and performance optimization. He is open to independent contractor (freelance) positions.