# Matthew Jacobs

> Staff Software Engineer at Square

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/matthewjacobs1

I am a full stack Javascript engineer with experience building single-page web apps. Most recently, I've worked with React, Redux, Relay, GraphQL, and Node, but also have experience with Electron, Angular/Ionic, mySQL and PostgreSQL, python, and Amazon Web Services. In addition to software engineering, I am passionate about facilitating communication between different teams, and between technical and non-technical parts of an organization

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ Square
Jan 2022 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area

### Senior Software Engineer @ Square
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco, California, United States

### Software Engineer @ Brigade
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco, California
-Led creation of a user conversation section on campaign updates on web, including ability to comment, reply, and like using React, Relay, and GraphQL
-Led rebuild of logged in home page focused on presenting updates and information from campaigns using React, Relay, and GraphQL
-Added user polls, allowing users to leave reasons for their answers
-Developed share and join functionality for groups, using React, Redux, and Relay

### Engineer @ Famous Industries, Inc.
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Software Engineer @ Jivry
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | New York City
-Built single page web app using React, Redux and Webpack
-Worked with an international team to coordinate implementation of proprietary algorithms
-Implemented Tornado (Python) web server and integrated with AWS Cloudfront and VPC

### Technical Co-Founder @ Dreamify
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016
Over 125,000 users. Featured on Popular Science, The Verge, Wired, NBC, Android Authority, Yahoo News, The Next Web, Android Police and Discovery News!

Google Play Rankings (via AppBrain):
#1 New Free Photography App in the United States, U.K. and Germany
Top 100 Photography Apps in the U.S., U.K., and Germany
Top 50 New Free Apps in the U.S. (Top 20 in the U.K & Germany)

A full­-stack mobile app that transforms images using Google’s Deep Dream neural network

- Optimized performance of Caffe neural network using GPU processing, integration testing and Python
- Developed scalable, service-­oriented architecture with Firebase and AWS EC2, S3, ELB and Lambdas
- Created front-­end views, filters and functionality with Ionic and AngularJS
- Implemented end to end testing, comprehensive error handling and server security infrastructure

### Founder, CTO @ BaseTen Batteries
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Los Angeles
Developed energy storage technology that is currently in the patent application process

### A.P. Physics Teacher @ SenDelta
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013
· Taught A.P. physics classes at two top international high schools in Shenzhen, China
· Communicated in Chinese and English to build relationships with students, staff and parents
· Developed supplemental education programs to facilitate Chinese students' successfully attending western colleges
· Students matriculated to top American universities, including Columbia, Stanford, Berkeley and Brown

### Private Tutor @ Matt Jacobs Tutoring
Jan 2008 – Jan 2012
· Tutored an average of 15 students at a time (after graduation)
· Managed advertising, marketing and building relationships with parents
· Managed finances and scheduling to maximize efficiency

### Music Management Intern @ Silva Artist Management
Jan 2010 – Jan 2010
· Worked on teams doing promotion, marketing and merchandise sales
· Acted as a liaison between managers and independent record sellers
· Developed databases for information about venues and independent record sellers

### Astrophysics Lab Researcher @ Dr. Gregory Tucker, Brown University
Jan 2009 – Jan 2009
· Collaborated with multiple research teams on the Millimeter-wave Bolometric Interferometer
· Designed and built a precision sensor apparatus
· Developed a program in G to control the sensor apparatus

### Teaching Assistant @ UCLA Lab School Rocketry Camp
Jan 2009 – Jan 2009
· Supervised 25 students and oversaw their projects
· Assisted students individually, as needed

### Research Assistant @ Dr. Troy Carter, UCLA
Jan 2009 – Jan 2009
· Studied energy loss in high-energy plasma at UCLA's Large Plasma Device
· Derived calculations describing the decay of Alfvén waves into sound waves

### Sales Representative @ CUTCO Cutlery
Jan 2008 – Jan 2008
· Sold cutlery and created new accounts
· Exceeded sales quota by over 400%

### Teaching Assistant @ UCLA Lab School Rocketry Camp
Jan 2008 – Jan 2008
· Supervised 25 students and oversaw their projects
· Assisted students individually, as needed

### Student Reseacher @ Los Angeles Physics Teachers Alliance Group
Jan 2005 – Jan 2005
· Performed experiments on ion-acoustic waves in argon plasma


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Physics; Mathematics; Philosophy
Brown University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/mattajacobs

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Last updated: 2026-03-29