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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
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York City area, or in the Upper Midwest (Madison, Milwaukee, Twin Cities, Chicago). If you would like my résumé, please
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message me.**
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I began my career as a classically-trained conductor and composer, and am transitioning to software engineering
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full-time. I love programming, learning new languages and frameworks, and developing interesting and exciting projects.
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I am finishing computer-science studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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My programming interests lie in programming languages themselves (including grammars, lexers, parsers, ASTs,
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compilation, transpilation, etc.), web and app development (full-stack, including Spring, Node, and React), programming
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tools and plugins (Gradle and IntelliJ plugins), and functional programming.
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Overall, I aim to be highly versatile and adept at adopting new technologies. I seek every day to hone my craft and
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become a better developer. I enjoy the logical and linguistic nature of software, and that sweet feeling When Things
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Just Work™️. I also enjoy the collaborative process of bringing new ideas and designs to life.
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## Current Projects
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*Note: some projects are hosted here, others still at GitHub. I intend to move all personal projects here.*
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### Full Stack
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- **Meals Made Easy**: A full-stack remake of an earlier app, using a Java/Spring Boot backend and React/Vite frontend.
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2024–present. [Frontend](https://git.jessebrault.com/jessebrault/meals-made-easy-app) |
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[Backend](https://git.jessebrault.com/jessebrault/meals-made-easy-api)
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### JVM: Java and Groovy
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- [**groowt**, or **Groovy Web Tools**](https://git.jessebrault.com/jessebrault/groowt): A set of libraries, CLI tools,
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and Gradle plugins written mostly in Java for facilitating web-development in Groovy, emphasizing the
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model-view-controller paradigm. Includes a custom templating language inspired by ReactJS, with a compiler developed
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with the ANTLR parser generator. 2024–present.
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- [**ssg**, or **Static Site Generator**](https://github.com/JesseBrault0709/ssg): A highly-extensible CLI application
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written entirely in Groovy for statically generating websites from text files and other input. I created this out of a
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need for a static site generator in which I could embed Groovy without all the hassle of a full-size server-oriented
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framework such as Grails. So far, I am using it for all my personal sites, and it has also been used outside of my
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own projects. 2023–present.
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- [**jbarchiva**](https://github.com/JesseBrault0709/jbarchiva): A Gradle plugin to facilitate easy access to my
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personal Maven repository at [archiva.jessebrault.com](https://archiva.jessebrault.com/). 2022-2024.
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### JavaScript/TypeScript
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- [**jbci**, or **Jesse Brault Continuous Integration**](https://github.com/JesseBrault0709/jbci): A CI program written
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in TypeScript which listens to GitHub webhooks and then executes pre-configured shell scripts based on the webhook
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payload, mainly used to update my websites by simple pushes to my various Git repositories.
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- [**jb-api**](https://github.com/JesseBrault0709/jb-api): A very simple utility backend written in TypeScript for my
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personal websites. Currently its only function is to recieve and handle mail requests (such as from a contact form).
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### Web Sites
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- [Personal Website](https://git.jessebrault.com/jessebrault/jb-ssg-site): My personal website where I store information
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about my career as both a classical musician and a developer. <a href="https://jessebrault.com/" target="_blank">Visit
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site.</a>
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- [Red Dog Ensemble](https://github.com/JesseBrault0709/reddog): A web site for a contemporary classical music ensemble
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I co-founded in New York City. <a href="https://reddogensemble.com/" target="_blank">Visit site.</a>
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### Rust
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- [**Deimos Lang**](https://git.jessebrault.com/jessebrault/deimos-lang): A programming language I am designing and
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implementing with the intention of allowing strongly-typed scripting that is both fast and simple enough for basic
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"glue" tasks such as querying APIs and running local bash commands based on the results. Includes a virtual machine
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implementation which I think of as a very miniature JVM. 2024–present.
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## Past Projects
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- [**Meals Made Easy**](https://github.com/JesseBrault0709/MealsMadeEasy): A fully-functioning meal-planning web-app
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developed during my time in _Co.Lab | You Belong in Tech_. I worked closely with a product manager and designer to
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make the project come alive! It is built with TypeScript, React, and SCSS.
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## Languages
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<div>
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<img src="images/javaWithColor.svg" alt="Java" width="48" height="92">
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<img src="images/groovy.svg" alt="Groovy" width="72" height="48">
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<img src="images/kotlin.svg" alt="Kotlin" width="48" height="48">
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<img src="images/jsWithColor.svg" alt="JavaScript" width="48" height="48">
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<img src="images/tsWithColor.svg" alt="TypeScript" width="48" height="48">
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</div>
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I am most fluent with Java, Groovy and Typescript. I am also fluent with standard web technologies such as HTML5, CSS,
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and sass. I have also dabbled in Rust, Ruby, Lua, and C.
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## Coursework at UW-Madison
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- **CS 354** *Machine Organization and Programming*: Low-level programming with C and assembly.
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- **CS 400** *Programming III*: General purpose programming with Java, covering important tree and graph algorithms.
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- **CS 506** *Software Engineering*: Built a full-stack app *Task Tango* with a team of six developers following the
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agile/scrum methods. Consisted of a Java/Spring Boot backend, and JavaScript/React frontend. Everything containerized
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and ultimately deployed to a department virtual machine.
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- **CS 536** *Introduction to Programming Languages and Compilers*: Working to build a compiler for a toy language
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entitled *Bach* targeting the MIPS architecture, using Java as a host language. Learning about topics related to
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scanners, parsers, optimization, and code generation.
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## Frameworks, Libraries, Tools, and Technologies
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### JVM: Java and Groovy
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#### Frameworks
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- Spring, Spring Boot
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#### Testing
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- JUnit Jupiter, JUnit 4
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#### Tools
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- Gradle
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- IntelliJ Idea
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### JavaScript/TypeScript
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#### Front-End
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- React
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- Redux
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- Vite
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#### Back-End
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- Express
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- GraphQL
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- Prisma
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- fp-ts (my favorite TS library!)
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#### Testing
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- Jest
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#### Tools
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- Npm
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- Gulp
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- VSCode
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### Containerization
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- Docker
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### Databases
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- MySQL
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- SQLite
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### Documentation
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- Asciidoc
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- Markdown
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## Other Skills
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- Server Administration: I run my own Ubuntu-based virtual private server at digitalocean.com, where I host a variety of
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services and web sites, such as my personal website, an Apache Archiva instance, and a Gitea instance (where you are
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now!). Tasks I often do include:
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- Package administration
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- Continuous integration
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- Securing the environment
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- Using `ssh` and `sftp`
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- Configuring `apache` for serving static content as well as reverse-proxying to various services
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- Using and configuring Docker and various Docker containers for services and websites.
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- Web and App Design: I have some design experience for both web sites and apps. Particularly, I have an as-of-yet
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unfinished design at Figma for *The Pantry App*, which can be viewed
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[here](https://www.figma.com/file/VKrirPQi2FneCPaP3XdPzn/Pantry-App-Design?node-id=0%3A1&t=eSnEntKpbxK7LEJG-1). I have
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additionally done UX testing with Maze.
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- (Human) Languages:
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- English: native speaker.
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- German: B1.
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- Spanish: basic.
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- Photography/Videography: experience with Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, Premiere, and Creative Cloud.
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## Education
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- Professional Captsone Certificate in Computer Science. University of Wisconsin-Madison. 2024–2025 (expected graduation
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May 2025).
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- Master of Music, orchestral conducting. The Juilliard School, 2018.
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- Bachelor of Music, *summa cum laude*, music theory and composition. St. Olaf College, 2013. GPA 3.91.
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## Contact
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- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessebrault0709/)
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- [Email](mailto:jbrault@mac.com)
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- [Personal Website](https://jessebrault.com/)
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- [GitHub Profile](https://github.com/JesseBrault0709)
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