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Jesse Brault: Full-Stack Software Engineer

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Welcome! I am a full-stack software engineer currently looking for work in the United States, particularly in the New York City area, or in the Upper Midwest (Madison, Milwaukee, Twin Cities, Chicago). If you would like my résumé, please message me.

I began my career as a classically-trained conductor and composer, and am transitioning to software engineering full-time. I love programming, learning new languages and frameworks, and developing interesting and exciting projects. I am finishing computer-science studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

My programming interests lie in programming languages themselves (including grammars, lexers, parsers, ASTs, compilation, transpilation, etc.), web and app development (full-stack, including Spring, Node, and React), programming tools and plugins (Gradle and IntelliJ plugins), and functional programming.

Overall, I aim to be highly versatile and adept at adopting new technologies. I seek every day to hone my craft and become a better developer. I enjoy the logical and linguistic nature of software, and that sweet feeling When Things Just Work™️. I also enjoy the collaborative process of bringing new ideas and designs to life.

Current Projects

Note: some projects are hosted here, others still at GitHub. I intend to move all personal projects here.

Full Stack

  • Meals Made Easy: A full-stack remake of an earlier app, using a Java/Spring Boot backend and React/Vite frontend. 2024–present. Frontend | Backend

JVM: Java and Groovy

  • groowt, or Groovy Web Tools: A set of libraries, CLI tools, and Gradle plugins written mostly in Java for facilitating web-development in Groovy, emphasizing the model-view-controller paradigm. Includes a custom templating language inspired by ReactJS, with a compiler developed with the ANTLR parser generator. 2024–present.
  • ssg, or Static Site Generator: A highly-extensible CLI application written entirely in Groovy for statically generating websites from text files and other input. I created this out of a need for a static site generator in which I could embed Groovy without all the hassle of a full-size server-oriented framework such as Grails. So far, I am using it for all my personal sites, and it has also been used outside of my own projects. 2023–present.
  • jbarchiva: A Gradle plugin to facilitate easy access to my personal Maven repository at archiva.jessebrault.com. 2022-2024.

JavaScript/TypeScript

  • jbci, or Jesse Brault Continuous Integration: A CI program written in TypeScript which listens to GitHub webhooks and then executes pre-configured shell scripts based on the webhook payload, mainly used to update my websites by simple pushes to my various Git repositories.
  • jb-api: A very simple utility backend written in TypeScript for my personal websites. Currently its only function is to recieve and handle mail requests (such as from a contact form).

Web Sites

Rust

  • Deimos Lang: A programming language I am designing and implementing with the intention of allowing strongly-typed scripting that is both fast and simple enough for basic "glue" tasks such as querying APIs and running local bash commands based on the results. Includes a virtual machine implementation which I think of as a very miniature JVM. 2024–present.

Past Projects

  • Meals Made Easy: A fully-functioning meal-planning web-app developed during my time in Co.Lab | You Belong in Tech. I worked closely with a product manager and designer to make the project come alive! It is built with TypeScript, React, and SCSS.

Languages

Java Groovy Kotlin JavaScript TypeScript

I am most fluent with Java, Groovy and Typescript. I am also fluent with standard web technologies such as HTML5, CSS, and sass. I have also dabbled in Rust, Ruby, Lua, and C.

Coursework at UW-Madison

  • CS 354 Machine Organization and Programming: Low-level programming with C and assembly.
  • CS 400 Programming III: General purpose programming with Java, covering important tree and graph algorithms.
  • CS 506 Software Engineering: Built a full-stack app Task Tango with a team of six developers following the agile/scrum methods. Consisted of a Java/Spring Boot backend, and JavaScript/React frontend. Everything containerized and ultimately deployed to a department virtual machine.
  • CS 536 Introduction to Programming Languages and Compilers: Working to build a compiler for a toy language entitled Bach targeting the MIPS architecture, using Java as a host language. Learning about topics related to scanners, parsers, optimization, and code generation.

Frameworks, Libraries, Tools, and Technologies

JVM: Java and Groovy

Frameworks

  • Spring, Spring Boot

Testing

  • JUnit Jupiter, JUnit 4

Tools

  • Gradle
  • IntelliJ Idea

JavaScript/TypeScript

Front-End

  • React
  • Redux
  • Vite

Back-End

  • Express
  • GraphQL
  • Prisma
  • fp-ts (my favorite TS library!)

Testing

  • Jest

Tools

  • Npm
  • Gulp
  • VSCode

Containerization

  • Docker

Databases

  • MySQL
  • SQLite

Documentation

  • Asciidoc
  • Markdown

Other Skills

  • Server Administration: I run my own Ubuntu-based virtual private server at digitalocean.com, where I host a variety of services and web sites, such as my personal website, an Apache Archiva instance, and a Gitea instance (where you are now!). Tasks I often do include:
    • Package administration
    • Continuous integration
    • Securing the environment
    • Using ssh and sftp
    • Configuring apache for serving static content as well as reverse-proxying to various services
    • Using and configuring Docker and various Docker containers for services and websites.
  • Web and App Design: I have some design experience for both web sites and apps. Particularly, I have an as-of-yet unfinished design at Figma for The Pantry App, which can be viewed here. I have additionally done UX testing with Maze.
  • (Human) Languages:
    • English: native speaker.
    • German: B1.
    • Spanish: basic.
  • Photography/Videography: experience with Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, Premiere, and Creative Cloud.

Education

  • Professional Captsone Certificate in Computer Science. University of Wisconsin-Madison. 2024–2025 (expected graduation May 2025).
  • Master of Music, orchestral conducting. The Juilliard School, 2018.
  • Bachelor of Music, summa cum laude, music theory and composition. St. Olaf College, 2013. GPA 3.91.

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