Jacob Ross

About Me

Hey there! I'm Jacob Ross, a senior software engineer in Portland, OR with 13 years of platform, frontend, and backend experience. Today I lead engineering at Tour The Top, building a cross-platform app with React Native, TypeScript, and Supabase. Before that I spent a decade at Nike building platform services and developer tooling, including an asset delivery system that cut a 7-week release cycle to under 60 seconds. I specialize in Node.js and AWS, and ship through an AI-first, spec-driven workflow.

Development Tools

Languages: TypeScript, JavaScript, PHP, Groovy
Runtimes: Node.js
Frameworks: Next.js, React, React Native/Expo, Vue.js
Cloud: ECS, S3, Lambda, API Gateway, CloudFront, SNS/SQS, ALB, CloudFormation
Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Supabase
CI/CD: GitHub Actions, Jenkins
AI Tools: Claude Code

Work Sample

Nike.com · Product Detail Page Icon Grid

Built the static asset delivery system that powers product spec icons across Nike.com, reducing the release cycle from ~7 weeks to under 60 seconds.

Experience

Tour The Top

Jul 2026 – Present

Senior Software Engineer

Senior engineer on a touring-crew management platform: a cross-platform TypeScript app (iOS, Android, web) with a Postgres backend. I lead technical decisions, architecture direction, and release quality, shipping through a spec-driven, AI-agent development workflow.

React Native · Expo · TypeScript · Supabase · PostgreSQL

Nike

Jan 2016 – Jul 2026

Software Engineer II
Contract Jan 2016 – Mar 2017, full-time after. Remote since Mar 2020.

At Nike, I built and maintained platform services and developer tooling that enabled engineering teams to ship faster and more reliably. Work included a static asset delivery system, a shared CI/CD pipeline for supporting experience teams, and event-driven content infrastructure on AWS.

Node.js · Next.js · AWS · Groovy · Jenkins · GitHub Actions

Intel

May 2015 – Jan 2016

Web Developer
Contract

Tech lead of a front-end team serving multiple geographies on Intel.com. Built responsive data visualizations using D3.js for diversity campaigns.

JavaScript · D3.js

AngelVision Technologies

Apr 2013 – Feb 2015

Web Developer

Built full-stack web applications and integrated third-party REST APIs including Stripe, PayPal, and social platforms.

PHP · Laravel · MySQL

Darkwater Studios

Jan 2013 – Apr 2013

Junior Developer

Server-side development of web projects using PHP and MySQL, including an in-house CMS.

PHP · MySQL