aaron jacobson
Frontend Engineer at RQD* Clearing
full stack engineer rqd * clearing
RQD* Clearing
https://www.linkedin.com/company/rqd-clearing
RQD* Clearing is a next-generation correspondent clearing provider, providing advanced clearing, custody and execution solutions built for the modern markets. With the industry’s first solution built entirely on cloud-native, real-time technology, the firm can quickly and seamlessly enhance the platform, mitigate emerging cybersecurity threats and offer a more efficient implementation that scales as clients grow. Supporting U.S. equities, options and ETFs, RQD caters to broker-dealers that service retail, institutional and active traders, foreign financial institutions and proprietary trading firms.
New York, New York, United States
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Frontend Engineer
Volant Securities
https://www.linkedin.com/company/volant-securities
Served as a front-end engineer and the sole designer for a small team serving the execution side of an options brokerage. The focus of the product was on near-real-time updates and decision-focused interfaces for high-volume, high-velocity data streams.
• Designed, modeled, and user-tested a custom design system, and implemented this with a complimentary component library
• Made significant upgrades to site usability through improvements in layout, readability, and table design
• Refactored and modernized the entire codebase
• Led the adoption of coding standards and formalized their observance through git hooks
• Introduced versioning and rollback release strategies to the web interface
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Frontend Engineer
Unitas Global
https://www.linkedin.com/company/unitas-global
Worked as part of a small “internal startup” team tasked with developing a web app used to create and manage cloud-based IT resources. Conducted full-stack development, crafted and implemented novel data visualizations, and defined and developed the back-end APIs that feed into them.
• Worked with a contemporary React + Redux stack, including node.js, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, etc.
• Constructed stable and well-tested backend microservices in containerized environments such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• As an early employee, helped grow a development environment and culture, focused on agility, correctness, and security.
• Mentored fellow developers in high-level front-end skill sets such as Sass, CSS and SVG animations, accessibility, etc.
Greater Chicago Area
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JavaScript Developer
Self-Employed
Independently developed websites for small to international businesses in all stages, from design to support.
• Performed design work in close collaboration with business stakeholders.
• Implemented best-practice web standards for usability and accessibility (WCAG 2.0) within a variety of
back-end languages and frameworks, and front-end interactivity.
• Still supporting and updating most websites and relationships.
Web Developer
DePaul University
https://www.linkedin.com/company/depaul-university
Tutored graduate and undergraduate CS students in web design, Python, discrete mathematics, algorithms, and general coding best practices.
• Two years of excellent reviews as the most-requested tutor.
• Individualized explanations, practices, and work for each student.
College of Computing and Digital Media
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Graduate Assistant
Terry Dowd, Inc
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Performed accounting (A/P), inventory management, and supplier relationship management for Chicago’s largest art handling company.
• Modernized stock management, signi cantly reduced bu er inventories and storage requirements, while
maintaining availability.
• Added stock tracking to inventory management.
• Provided  rst-point-of-contact service for private and institutional clients.
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Purchasing Coordinator
Master of Science (M.S.) Candidate
Computer Science
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DePaul University
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Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
Painting and Drawing
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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Association for Computing Machinery
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Combinatorial Optimization
525
Monte Carlo Algorithms
521
Natural Language Processing
594
Neural Networks/Machine Learning
578
Scientific Computing
431
Symbolic Programming
458
Theory of Computation
489
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Professional Development: Client-Side Web Programming
https://www.linkedin.com/in/russell-bauer-b85a565
Lakeland, FL
Russell Bauer
Firmware Development Engineer
https://www.linkedin.com/in/russell-bauer-00ab4847
Los Lunas, NM
Russell Bauer
Founding Partner and Fabricator at EdibleCarnival.org
https://www.linkedin.com/in/siobhain-pyne
San Francisco Bay Area
Siobhain Pyne
Sales & Business Development | Real Estate Investor & Entrepreneur
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharonboner
San Diego, CA
Sharon Benor, MPA, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
Vice President Human Resources at Unitas Global
https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-shutt-77b13711
Greater Chicago Area
Patrick Shutt
CEO at Unitas Global
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindseyheuser
San Diego, CA
Lindsey Harris
VP of Creative Experience at Valtech
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nayanbhadra
Greater Chicago Area
Nayan Bhadra
Lead/Senior Sitecore at Northwestern Medicine
https://www.linkedin.com/in/silviaritzmann
New York, NY
Silvia Ritzmann,  MBA, PMP, PMI-RMP, CSM, ITIL
Executive leader supporting strategies that exceed clients' results through digital revolution & business transformation
https://www.linkedin.com/in/shelley-benhoff-69787513
Lakeland, FL
Shelley Benhoff
Sitecore MVP & Pluralsight Author
https://www.linkedin.com/in/richi-baidwan-3b210421
New York, NY
Richi Baidwan
Strategy & Sales Operations at Google
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Greater Chicago Area
Harsh Patel
Software Manager at Amazon
https://in.linkedin.com/in/isha-talsania-2b080449
Ahmedabad
Isha Talsania
Space Design. Education. Research. Pedagogical Practices
https://fr.linkedin.com/in/timbenniks
France
Tim Benniks
Principal Developer Advocate at Uniform
https://www.linkedin.com/in/amynicoleschwartz
Greater Chicago Area
Amy Schwartz
Creative Director
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Anand
Dr. Krunal Patel
Assistant Professor at G.H.Patel College of Engineering
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianshimkus1
Chicago, IL
Brian Shimkus
Lead Front-End Engineer at ED&F Man
https://hk.linkedin.com/in/dale-thomas-20914149
Hong Kong SAR
Dale Thomas
Senior Manager Support Operations at Unitas Global LLC
https://be.linkedin.com/in/martijn-janssen-0b370348
Brussels Metropolitan Area
Martijn Janssen
Director, UG-SOC Europe at Unitas Global LLC
https://www.linkedin.com/in/arjun-prajapat-7ab70248
United States
Arjun Prajapat
Support Engineer II at Unitas Global LLC
https://de.linkedin.com/in/bernhard-zhern-2428aa6b
Germany
Bernhard Zhern
Solutions Engineer at Unitas Global
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San Francisco, CA
Aaron Jacobson
Partner at NEA
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Houston, TX
Aaron Jacobson
Global Manufacturing Manager, Cameron Valves
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Kirkland, WA
Aaron Jacobson
MS Data Science Student @ UW Seattle & Software Engineer @ Microsoft
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Hurst, TX
Aaron Jacobson
Owner Raider Trucking
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Greater Seattle Area
Aaron Jacobson
Recruiter at Rivian
Front End Developer Group
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Python Developers Community (moderated)
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The Official Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Group
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Machine Learning and Data Science
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Financial Modelling in Excel
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JavaScript
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