# Jake Kidd

> Software & Smart Contract Engineer

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/jakekidd

Software engineer with experience across Python, TS/Full-Stack, Solidity, C/C++, and Rust, specializing in building reliable, resource-constrained applications in distributed systems. Background spans robotics (SLAM, sensor fusion, Kalman filtering), state-channel protocols, and low-level array processing, to blockchain development for smart contracts and trust-minimized web3, with additional expertise in scripting, data handling, and rapid prototyping. Skilled at coordinating complex system interactions and delivering maintainable, high-performance software across both embedded and application layers.

Passionate about bridging systems engineering with practical real-world products, from robotics and IoT to resilient networked applications, including decentralized protocols.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Ubitel
Jan 2024 – Present | United States
Engineering, R&D for a decentralized cellular network.

### Senior Full Stack Engineer @ Rhinestone
Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | London Area, United Kingdom

### Founding Engineer @ QuantWealth
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | United States
Co-founder for a quant AI/ML portfolio management solutions business with a strategy market platform.

### Smart Contracts Engineer @ Ethereum Foundation
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | United States

### Software Engineer @ Connext Inc.
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Mountain View, California, United States

### Software Engineer @ Neato Robotics
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Newark, CA

### Acoustics / Software Engineer @ Akruta
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Palo Alto, CA
Front-end developer of iOS companion app. Handled complex user interaction across the network with the product.

Analyzed performance of audio components and audio solution. Tuned audio solution's embedded software to meet industry standard benchmarks.

### AV Technician @ PSAV
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Palo Alto, CA
Setup, operation, and breakdown of audiovisual systems - including projection, switching, audio mixing, lighting, and networking - in a hospitality environment. Equipment handling/troubleshooting.

### Warehouse Technician @ PSAV
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Dedham, MA
Inventory management, QC of audio/video equipment, order processing, preparing shipments to go out for live events.

### Audio Engineer - Television, Radio, Film Department @ Emerson College
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Boston, MA

### Intern @ Talamas Sales and Rentals
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Newton, MA

### Development Intern @ Benaroya Pictures
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Los Angeles, CA

### Associative Videographer @ zSpace, Inc.
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015
Writing, directing, and editing videos and photography for marketing.

### Lifeguard @ Flying Fish Swim School
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014

### Project Leader @ Los Altos Festival of Lights Association
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Los Altos, California
For my Eagle Scout Community Project I coordinated the designing and construction of a parade float for the Festival of Lights Parade held annually in downtown Los Altos, California. The float is estimated to last approximately 20-25 years.


## Education
### Bachelor’s Degree in Cinematography and Film/Video Production
Emerson College

### High School in Cinematography and Film/Video Production
Freestyle Academy of Communication Arts and Technology

### High School
Los Altos High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jake-kidd-68502399
- Portfolio: https://akruta.com/
- Portfolio: https://jakekidd.dev

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Last updated: 2026-03-29