Hi, I’m Jacob
I’m a Member of Technical Staff at CloudX, building ads infrastructure and real-time marketplaces.
Previously, I founded Sancho Studio and built encrypted video, cryptography, and manufacturing software at Zoom, Keybase, and Tulip.
Previous Experience
- CloudX Member of Technical Staff Present
- Sancho Studio Founder 2024 – Present
- Recurse Center Participant 2023
- Zoom Security Engineer 2020 – 2023
- Keybase Software Engineer 2018 – 2020
- Tulip Software Engineer 2016 – 2017
How you can contact me
Best path is through LinkedIn or via email if you have it. I am very open to meeting new people in person: if you are in New York working on something cool? 🥯 I’ll buy you a bagel
Client Work
- Zigguratum 2024 – 2025
- Bone Health Technology 2024 – 2025
- Future Clinic 2025 – 2026
- Tech DNA 2024 – 2026
- Recurse Center 2025
- Archive Intel 2025 – 2026
- Resin 2025 – 2026
nice words from clients
Jacob's insightful analysis and clear communication moved the needle on multiple projects that were made better because he was on the team.
His ability to quickly grok and translate highly technical problems to every level of stakeholder — while working directly with us on effective remediation — proved quite valuable for our engineering team. I would recommend Jacob's technical services to anyone seeking an engineering partner or lead-level employee.
Jacob is truly an extraordinarily sharp and quick mind. In terms of technical acumen, laser focus, and architecture and engineering chops, you could hardly do better than work with him.
Jacob refines requirements rather than just executing on tickets — pushing back on the spec and tightening the design before any code is written. He gets up to speed with unfamiliar code remarkably quickly, making real contributions within days.