Jake Hughes

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About

Full Stack Developer

Names Jacob, but call me Jake.

  • Birthday: 31 December 1995
  • Phone: 804 955 5032
  • City: Richmond, VA
  • Age: 24
  • Degree: Bachelors in CS
  • Email: j.m.hughes.jh@gmail.com

I was born in Louisiana but I've spent most my life in Virginia. I attended Old Dominion University for my Bachelors in Computer Science degree. I am very passionate about anything technology and I love hearing about the new tech people are working on. Outside of technology my hobbies include video games, cars, and nature.

Experience

Some (Hopefully accurate) quick stats.

6

Servers Setup

10

Databases Used

21

API's Created

64

API's Used

Skills

Skills are rated on a scale from complete novice to master.

Tools
MuleSoft 90%
Spring-Boot 75%
Linux 85%
Kong 85%
Apigee 50%
Docker 90%
Kubernetes 55%
Git 80%
npm 60%
Languages
Java 85%
C++ 50%
SQL 80%
Bash 80%
DataSonnet 100%
DataWeave 99%
JavaScript 70%
jQuery 65%
Ajax 65%

Resume

Sumary

Jacob Hughes

Innovative developer with 4+ years of experience designing and developing API contracts for enablement.

  • Richmond VA
  • (804) 955-5032
  • j.m.hughes.jh@gmail.com

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

2014 - 2018

Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA

Advanced Highschool Graduate

2010 - 2013

Lee-Davis Highschool, Mechanicsville, VA

Certifications

AWS Solutions Architect Associate

Expires March 2025

MuleSoft Certified Developer - Level 1

Expires May 2021

Professional Experience

Senior Software Engineer

2021 - Present

Capital One Financial

  • Worked on Spring Boot API processing 3-D Secure transactions
  • Collaborated with members of other teams to deliver new features
  • Designed and implemented a Python application utilizing pre-trained ML models
  • Proactively identified and resolved unique technical challenges
  • Contributed to internal initiatives and projects
  • Engages in hackathon events to drive innovation

Software Engineer

2019 - 2021

Mountain State Software Solutions, Charles Town, WV

  • Developed Mule 4 applications for internal uses.
  • Developed custom Java implementations within Mule 4 applications
  • Deployed Mule 4 runtime on Amazon Web Server instance
  • Converted Mule 3 and Spring Boot applications to Mule 4
  • Integrated multiple applications using Docker.
  • Deployed Kong proxies for multiple applications
  • Setup some API CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins
  • Utilized an existing Kubernetes instance to work with applications
  • Architected a Kong distributed deployment for client
  • Utilized Azure AD and Keycloak for OIDC applications
  • Architected a hybrid Kong solution on a clients GKE instance and on-premises servers.

Open Source

  • Contributed many additional functions to DataSonnet application.
  • Created DataSonnet playground application for easy transformations.
  • Made a small contribution to apache camel when adding datasonnet.

Blogs

These are some of my more recent tech related blogs. All of my blogs can be found at blog.hughesportal.com and more of my tech blogs can be found at with the button below.