TRAVEL & E-COMMERCE
Branson Tourism Center
Web development for travel planning and booking, including pricing tools and customer communications.
Visit websiteSOFTWARE ENGINEER · STUDIO FOUNDER
Engineering ideas
into experiences.
I’m Jacob. I build the systems behind useful software and the worlds behind memorable games.
Building for the web since 1998.A few things I’ve made
FULL-STACK ENGINEERINGWEB & MOBILEGAME SYSTEMSINFRASTRUCTURE
01 / INDEPENDENT PROJECTS
Small studio.
Expansive worlds.
My latest chapter: building games and the technology that brings them to life at Respite Studios.
SCI-FI STRATEGYRESPITE STUDIOS 01
Mecha Asylum
Build your mech empire. Turn a homeworld into a war machine, raid rival planets, and defend what’s yours.
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MEDIEVAL STRATEGYRESPITE STUDIOS 02
Queens of Order
A shared world of rival kingdoms. Build an economy, raise an army, and forge alliances on your path to power.
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THE STUDIO BEHIND THE WORLDS
Respite Studios
Games worth taking a break for. As founder and lead programmer, I design game systems, build the core engine, and lead development across the portfolio.
Meet the studio02 / SELECTED CLIENT WORK
Built for the real world.
From travel websites to inventory apps, a selection of products I’ve helped build throughout my career.
WEB DEVELOPMENT
Branson.com
Part of my early work building tourism experiences for the web at Branson Tourism Center.
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ANDROID & iOS
Company Kitchen
Inventory tooling with Bluetooth barcode scanning on Android and an iOS port built with Swift.
Built at Essential ElementsPortfolio images show work from my time on these projects; live websites may have changed.
03 / EXPERIENCE
Curious by nature.
Engineer by trade.
I’ve been developing professionally since 2007, connecting front-end experiences with back-end systems, mobile apps, and the infrastructure they depend on.
PHPJavaScriptPythonJavaSwiftDockerLinuxSQL
CONTRACT · DEC 2024–FEB 2025
Auctic
Senior Software Engineer
Helped migrate data from an external XML system into internal systems. Collaborated with leads on features, enhancements, and bug fixes using Laravel 10, PHP 8.2, and MySQL.
REMOTE CONTRACTS · MAR–SEP 2024
Midwestern
Software Engineering Contractor
Jun–Sep 2024 · You.com
Worked on the You.com backend using Python 3.10, FastAPI, and AI technologies.
Mar–Jun 2024 · Nutrition mobile app
Developed the backend with Laravel 10 and PHP 8, integrated App Store and Google Play subscriptions, and implemented Facebook authentication in collaboration with the Midwestern team.
FULL-TIME · REMOTE · MAY 2023–MAR 2024
Carefully Crafted LLC
Senior Software Engineer
Delivered client projects using Python, Quasar, PHP, and WordPress. Interpreted client requirements and developed system architecture with PHP 7/8, Python, and Docker.
Built test suites with pytest and CodeceptJS / Puppeteer.
FULL-TIME · REMOTE · OCT 2022–APR 2023
Active Logic
Software Engineer
Developed PHP and Laravel web applications, improving performance and reducing server response times. Delivered two to three pull requests per week from Jira tickets for team review.
Mentored peers, shared resources, and reviewed code to support code quality and application stability.
INDEPENDENT WORK
Respite Studios
Founder & Lead Programmer
Game systems, core engine development, and the technology behind a growing portfolio.
ENGINEERING
SciPlay
Senior Server Engineer
Server development with PHP and Couchbase, internal tools with Vue, and Docker-based services.
CONSULTING · 2017–2018
Intersys Consulting
Consultant · GM Maven team
Microservices in PHP, Python, and Java using Lumen, Django, Flask, and Spring.
Earlier experience
Factobot 2018
Independent contractor · WordPress and Python client projects.
Thrive by Business Instruments 2016–2017
Software development.
ActiveLogic Labs 2016
Software development.
Essential Elements 2012–2016
Software Engineer · Web applications and Android / iOS inventory tools.
Branson Tourism Center 2007–2012
Web Developer · Tourism websites and booking systems.
Ozarks Technical Community College
A.A.S. in Networking.
04 / LET’S CONNECT
Have something
in mind?
A project, a collaboration, or a conversation about what comes next. I’d love to hear from you.
[email protected] ↗