# Jacques le Roux

> Senior Software Engineer at Akia

Location: San Mateo, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/jacques

A seasoned Software Engineer with 15+ years of experience specializing in microservices development, full stack engineering, and technical leadership. Proven track record in designing and implementing scalable solutions using Java, .Net, Cloud Computing, and SQL across SaaS companies, financial institutions, PR firms, and ad agencies. Adept at leading cross-functional teams to align developers and business stakeholders, ensuring high-performance systems with user-centric designs. Seeking to leverage expertise in guiding the architecture and continuous improvement of large-scale distributed systems as a Senior or Principal Software Engineer.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Akia
Jan 2024 – Present | United States

### Senior Staff Software Engineer @ Cision
Jan 2021 – Jan 2024
- Spearheaded the development and roll-out of a bespoke application that connects journalists & subject matter experts, retired its legacy version, and enabled revenue generation by integrating an intuitive payment platform.
- Led a team of engineering & QA staff and mentored & coached team members to implement the app using Spring Boot microservices architecture deployed in GCP.
- Gathered user insights on the firm's various SaaS products and incorporated them into new feature development and continuous improvement to achieve up to a 60% performance boost.

### Senior Software Developer @ ChurnZero
Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
- Innovated a CRM that aggregated product usage & health for SaaS companies using an ASP.NET Core backend and a supporting SQL server database in AWS, with Microsoft Graph and Google third-party integration.
- Reinvigorated the Customer Success analytics engine for more useful segmentation with Angular front-end and C# & SQL backend.
- Wrote scalable Javascript code rolled out across clients' operations to mitigate churn and position them for success.

### Senior Software engineer @ Valassis
Jan 2012 – Jan 2018
- Assembled an ad campaign configuration SaaS tool for F500 retailers, household name news networks, and high-profile clients in various industries.
- Oversaw eight developers using React and an ASP.NET Core backend with a supporting PostgreSQL database.
- Introduced a single sign-on solution for existing internal web apps using OpenID Connect and hybrid cookie/JWT bearer authentication.
- Drove the development of a tool for tracking large ad campaign performance using ASP.NET MVC and Angular with Apache Thrift service layer.

### Software developer @ DVT
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012
- Designed, developed, tested and implemented an internal investment management platform for financial advisors to manage clients’ unit trust portfolios as part of an eight member development team.
- Developed the platform with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 using C# and ASP.NET MVC, with an emphasis on Ajax functionality, utilizing jQuery and custom written JavaScript libraries. 
- Implemented dependency injection Inversion of Control (IoC) principles using StructureMap. 
- Created back-end COBOL legacy wrappers in IBM Data Studio.  
- Executed the system in ASP.NET MVC, and Ajax using jQuery, with COBOL back-end integration.
- Performed unit and web application testing, using xUnit and WatiN with SpecFlow.

### Intermediate developer @ 3fifteen
Jan 2009 – Jan 2010
- Designed a web-based form generation engine for a call centre application used by a major South - African bank while working in a team of five developers and testers. 
- Developed the engine with Visual Studio 2008, including C# & ASP.NET MVC, jQuery and Ajax.
- Implemented workflow rules using Windows Workflow Foundation (WF).
- Interfaced with existing business web services with Windows Communication Foundation (WCF).
- Performed unit testing using RhinoMocks and NUnit.

### Web developer @ Haymarket Publishing
Jan 2008 – Jan 2009
Developed and maintained front-end and back-end code, using ASP.NET WebForms in C# and Microsoft SQL Server, for five dynamic editorial websites containing video and image galleries and Web CMSs.

### Software developer @ ImproWEB
Jan 2007 – Jan 2008
- Developed, tested and maintained an e-commerce web front-end engine using ASP.NET WebForms that allowed full client website customization, including shopping card functionality and payment portal integration.
- Created a Flash with ActionScript 2 administration system allowing clients to customize their website, select which products they want to sell from resellers, and control stock level notifications.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Honors, Compueter Science
University of Johannesburg


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jacques-leroux
- Website: https://github.com/djiaak

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Last updated: 2026-04-01