# Jacob Burkhart

> Software Engineer at HOVER Inc.

Location: Pacifica, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/jacobburkhart

Experience has taught me to value building the right thing over building it the right way.

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ HOVER Inc.
Jan 2017 – Present
Still Ruby Ruby Ruby, but now with 3D. Learning what a transformation matrix and a gable are, and how they are related.

### various titles related to Software Engineering @ Engine Yard
Jan 2010 – Jan 2017
Multiple services make up our platform for orchestration and management of thousands of Ruby applications running on AWS cloud.

### Software Engineer @ Brontes Technologies
Jan 2007 – Jan 2010
Test-Driven Development in Ruby on Rails for a variety of systems-connecting data-managing web applications
Define and Implement software interfaces and APIs between the Brontes 3D intra-oral scanner and our case management applications.

### Software Engineer @ Bit Group
Jan 2005 – Jan 2007
Custom web-based software consulting and development for Bit Group’s clients. Varied projects often involving content management. Development in PHP, Java and .Net.

### Software Engineer (Co-op) @ EMC
Jan 2004 – Jan 2004 | Hopkinton, MA
Developed tools for developers testing EMC’s Symmetrix storage systems, C programming for 4 different UNIX platforms and Windows.

### Intern @ Apple
Jan 2003 – Jan 2003 | Cupertino, CA
Developed for WebObjects in Java with Cocoa. Bug reported for beta releases of WebObjects, developer tools and Mac OS X.

### Software Engineer / Web Developer @ Feratech, Inc
Jan 2003 – Jan 2003 | Boston, MA
Developed web applications and desktop software in PHP, Java and Objective-C using WebObjects, Cocoa and PostgreSQL.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Science
Northeastern University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jaburkhart
- Portfolio: http://www.BirdSwell.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-12