# Jake Rye

> Software Engineer

Location: United States, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/jakerye

Software Engineer | 10+ years | Finance, Agriculture, Construction, IoT | Full-Stack / Backend

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ SmarterDx
Jan 2024 – Present
SmarterDx is a fully remote health tech company whose clinical AI is used by Hospitals and health systems to review 100% of charts, capture millions in missed revenue and advance care quality.

### Staff Software Engineer @ Brightflow AI
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024
Context: Financial advice software for e-commerce SMBs with a lending arm.
Role & Contribution: Senior IC on platform/data team (2-4 engineers)
  - Built extensive data ingestion pipeline for confidential financial data
  - Developed new platform to overcome data accuracy, modeling, and access limitations
Notable Projects: New Platform Architecture, Plaid Asset Report Sync, UI Components Library
Stack: Typescript (primary), Python (secondary), Postgres, AWS (Aurora, S3, SQS, EventBridge,
Lambda, Glue, Athena, CDK, EKS), MikroORM, Koa, React, Ladle, MUI
Integrations: Plaid, Shopify, Amazon, Google Ads, Meta Ads, Heron Data, Rutter, QBO

### Staff Software Engineer @ Leverege
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Washington D.C. Metro Area
Context: IoT software consulting firm that branched into launching their own products. Collaborated with a large hardware company to launch flagship product, RecovR, an asset tracking device for vehicles
Role & Contribution: Senior IC on RecovR backend team (2 engineers)
  - Launched the MVP device / application backend, maintained until my departure from company, scaled to >250K connected devices
Notable Projects: IoT Device Backend, Firmware Over-The-Air (OTA) Upgrades Backend
Stack: Javascript, Postgres, GCP (Storage, Functions, GKE), Express, React, Bootstrap
Integrations: Truphone, Mailgun, Mapbox

### Software & Embedded Systems Engineer @ MIT Media Lab
Jan 2015 – Jan 2019 | Greater Boston Area
Context: Initiative to develop plant research devices with educational focus
Role & Contribution: IC on software & hardware teams (2-3 engineers)
  - Launched MVP plant research devices: wrote the software to control the device behavior for simulating environmental conditions (light, temp, humidity, nutrients)
  - Developed the printed circuit boards (PCBs) for interfacing with various sensors (light, temp, humidity) and actuators (lights, pumps, fans)
Notable Projects: Device Control Software (esp. Light Control Logic), Light Controller PCB
Stack: Python, Django, Raspberry Pi, Eagle, I2C

### Laboratory Teaching Fellow @ University of Maryland
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | College Park, MD
Built technical demos to teach first year engineering students the basics of microcontroller programming, control algorithms, circuit design, and rapid prototyping so they could build a small-scale hovercraft to autonomously navigate a course and complete objectives.

### Engineering Intern @ The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Laurel, MD
Built a neurologically controlled robotic prosthetic limb. Focused on extending functionality to the robotic fingers. Each digit was driven by an 8051 micro-controller. Added features for dynamic impedance to support autonomous grip methods.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (BS) in Electrical Engineering
University of Maryland - A. James Clark School of Engineering
Jan 2011 – Jan 2015


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jakerye
- Website: https://gitlab.com/jakerye/portfolio/wikis/home

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Last updated: 2026-03-22