Jarrod Thacker

Cambridgeshire, England · jarrod.thacker0@gmail.com

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Senior Software Developer with 10+ years of experience building applications, providing technical leadership, and a deep background in UX engineering and accessibility. U.S. national with right-to-work in the UK.

Core Tech: React, TypeScript, C#/.NET, and Python.

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Defense Intelligence Agency TS/SCI · CI Polygraph
Senior Software Developer Office of Human Resources · Cambridgeshire, UK · Feb 2024–Present
  • Architect and lead engineer for full-stack web applications modernizing legacy government human capital management software within classified Windows Server environments.
  • Tech Stack: C#/.NET, React, Python (FastAPI), and Microsoft SQL Server.
  • Standardized UI engineering for client-side (TypeScript, Zustand, Next) and server-side (HTMX, .NET MVC) applications.
  • Optimized CI/CD pipelines, reducing deployment times from hours to 5 minutes.
  • Instituted best practices for API design, documentation, accessibility testing (WCAG), and containerization.
  • Maintained DoD Privileged User status as administrator for application and database servers.
Senior Technical Advisor U.S. Africa Command · Cambridgeshire, UK · May 2023–Feb 2024
  • Developed internal intelligence data report tooling using Python, React, Leaflet.js, AWS Secret Cloud (C2S), Kubernetes, and Databricks.
  • Served as Acting Branch Chief for 6 months, managing project planning via Jira and reporting deliverables to leadership.
  • Led technical discovery and vendor evaluation for a $10M knowledge graph analysis initiative.
  • Developed a heuristic framework to improve velocity when evaluating software, APIs, and datasets for OSINT and geospatial intelligence.
Software Developer U.S. European Command · Cambridgeshire, UK · Aug 2021–May 2023
  • Developed and maintained mission-essential web applications for high-traffic finished intelligence (FINTEL) using React, Redux, Sails.js, Spring Boot, and ColdFusion.
  • Managed datastores in MongoDB, MySQL, and Redis orchestrated with Apache NiFi across air-gapped, cross-domain networks.
  • Government Technical Lead: Provided oversight for a 10+ person engineering team and presented technical briefs to General and Flag Military Officers.
  • Traveled between Europe and the U.S. to lead requirements-gathering meetings with various government agencies.
U.S. Senate, Sergeant at Arms
Senior User Experience Designer Washington, DC · Jan 2017–Mar 2020
  • Led front-end development for accessible web applications using Section 508 and WCAG 2.0 standards.
  • Built a scalable component library using ES6 JavaScript, jQuery, and Django MVC.
  • Spearheaded usability testing initiatives to drive engineering decisions through data.
United States Postal Service
User Experience Designer Washington, DC · Oct 2016–Jan 2017
  • Developed custom data visualization tools using JavaScript and SVG libraries for internal auditing.
Campus Labs (acq. Anthology)
User Experience Designer Buffalo, NY · May 2015–Oct 2016
  • Designed enterprise web applications using AngularJS, Bootstrap, and Material UI.
  • Coordinated daily within an Agile SDLC to ensure UX consistency across the product suite.
Independent Consultancy
Principal Software Consultant May 2018–Present
  • Legacy Migrations: Migrated costly closed-source CRMs to open-source technologies like Next.js and headless CMS (WordPress/Drupal).
  • E-commerce: Designed custom Shopify storefronts with integrated third-party APIs for automation.
  • Startups: Architected and shipped MVPs, including a machine learning inference engine using Flask, PyTorch, and PostgreSQL.
Earlier Career
  • User Experience Specialist — Clemson Online — 2014–2015
  • Accelerated Composition Instructor — Clemson University — 2014
  • Multimedia Assistant — University of Kentucky — 2012–2013
  • Reporter and Photographer — Kentucky Kernel — 2011–2012
  • Laboratory Analyst — Appalachian States Analytical — 2009–2010
  • Senior Technical Support Representative — Gearheart Communications — 2007–2009

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Languages TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6+), C#, Python, PHP, Java, HTML/CSS
Frontend React, Next, Vue, HTMX, Astro, Redux, Zustand, Tailwind, Bootstrap
Backend .NET, FastAPI, Django, Flask, Node.js, Spring Boot, REST & GraphQL
Data MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, Apache NiFi
Infra AWS (C2S), Docker, Kubernetes, Linux, Windows Server, GitLab CI/CD
Design/UX Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, WCAG/Section 508, Usability Testing

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