Jacob Allen

Jacob Allen is an experienced software engineer with a strong background in developing and maintaining services within a microservices architecture on AWS. Currently employed at CACI Ltd since April 2021, Jacob specializes in building and updating REST and gRPC APIs, as well as frontend development using Angular, while also managing production services and interacting with various AWS offerings. Prior to this role, Jacob served as a Full Stack DevOps Software Developer at Stok.ly from March 2019 to March 2021, where responsibilities included collaborating on event-sourced systems and testing. Jacob’s career began with the Royal Navy as a Weapon Engineer Communication and Information System Specialist from July 2015 to February 2019, focusing on network creation and maintenance, server setup, and user support. Jacob is currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Computing and IT at The Open University, expected to complete in 2027.