👋 I'm Jacob Hummel, a front-end software engineer with a UX background.
Experience
Sr. Software Engineerat Target – Apply for RedCardCurrent
Currently rewriting target.com/redcard.
Developed in-store Electron app used to pay RedCard (Target Credit Card) balance. App interacts with register peripherals to lookup guest's account, process payment, generate and print receipt. Used by thousands of guests daily at 1800+ Target stores.Sr. Software Engineerat Target – LaunchPad
Developed a large vendor facing web app for setting up and managing retail item data. Items have up to hundreds of complex internal and external attributes with business rules tied to each. As a result, the UI had to adapt and be highly flexible & performant to ensure it can handle dynamic validation + side effects if editing hundreds of items at a time.
Check out this talk my co-worker gave about the app!Software Engineerat Target – Enterprise Collaboration
Built company intranet homepage used as landing page by all corporate employees. Established web development standards for building custom React components / custom sites in Office 365 using the SharePoint Framework. Built website for requesting and automatically provisioning team sites using company data classification rules.
Software Engineer / Co-founderat BoogieCurrent
Develop a React Native skydiving logbook app used by thousands of skydivers around the world. App enables users to record their skydives using their phone's altimeter or manually. Collaborate remotely with developers and a designer. Launched the first version in native Android in 2014. Re-wrote for iOS and Android using React Native in 2017.
UX Developerat Visual Logic
Develop web and mobile apps in collaboration with UX Designers and clients. Apps vary from prototype to production level. Responsible for all aspects of development including frontend, backend, database, and server. Communicate development constraints to shape product designs.
B.S. in Software Engineeringat Iowa State University
- 3.46 GPA
- Co-founder of HackISU
- Webmaster for Computer Science Club
- Teaching Assistant for Intro to Object Oriented Programming
Boogie started as an idea by my friend Jason in 2014. Jason is a skydiver, product designer, and a bit of a thrillseeker. He was frustrated by the lack of software supporting his journey and logging requirement to advance in the sport of skydiving. Together, him, myself and another engineer friend designed and built a logging app that enables skydivers to log & record their skydives. Over the years, Boogie has grown from a passion project into an Android and iOS app used by thousands of skydivers around the world. Two more engineers joined our team and we're currently working on paid features, a web app, and converting our React Native app to Expo.