Jacob North

Lead Software Engineer — solving complex problems with simple, robust solutions. EdTech & Defense experience. C#, .NET, AWS, systems design, secure-by-default builds.

Work Experience

Senior Systems Engineer / Lead Developer

@ Cadet Portfolio — EdTech / Defense (Remote) Aug 2022 — Present

Led 7 engineers building a platform serving .

  • Co-authored security documentation for 400+ NIST 800-53 controls; aligned with CMMC, IL4 & FedRAMP.
  • Maintained 99.9% uptime while scaling past 100k users; hard multi-tenant boundaries and cost controls.
  • Delivered hundreds of features; hands-on contributor across API, data, and front-end.
  • Rebuilt ticketing, testing, and delivery pipelines; cut help-desk response times and boosted throughput.

CTO / Senior Developer / .NET Developer

@ Foxfire Software — WMS (Hybrid) Feb 2019 — Sep 2022

Moved legacy on‑prem to cloud architecture; modern CI/CD; managed 30+ enterprise accounts; shipped $3M+ features.

Show concrete wins
  • Lifted SLAs to 99.5%; eliminated single points of failure.
  • Led team of 10+; established coaching ladders and hiring loops.
  • Closed Fortune 500 renewals by co‑designing roadmap with operations.

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99.9%
Uptime
250k
Users Served
7
Engineers Led
400+
Controls Mapped
$3M+
Features Shipped
IL4
DoD Boundary

Some things I believe