# Jacob Rienstra

> Software Engineer

Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/jacobrienstra

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## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Caper
Jan 2025 – Present | New York, New York, United States

### Fullstack Software Engineer @ Local Projects
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | New York, New York, United States

### Product Software Engineer @ Directus
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | New York, New York, United States

### Open Source Contributer @ Directus
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020
▪ Contributed fixes, enhancements, requests, and diagnoses for full-stack open-source platform

### Software Engineer E3 @ Meta
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | New York, New York, United States
▪ Constructed and iterated on fullstack features in collaboration with design and data teams, launching A/B-tested experiences with measurable UX improvements
▪ Engineered flexible, reusable NUX tooltip tour system (React/Redux/Hack), unifying UX, API, and data layers to accelerate onboarding and drive feature adoption across internal platforms

### Software Engineer @ MicroOffice
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | 122 W. 27th St., New York, New York, 10001

### Software Engineering Intern (Instagram) @ Meta
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Menlo Park

### Webmaster @ Harvard Satire V
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017

### Editor @ Harvard Satire V
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017

### Software Engineer @ CS50
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Cambridge, MA


## Education
### A.B. in Computer Science
Harvard University
Jan 2013 – Jan 2017


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jacob-rienstra
- Website: https://jacobrienstra.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-01