Forrest Jacobs

Forrest Jacobs has a diverse work experience spanning several companies. Forrest started their career as a Mobile Development Extern at Brazen Careerist in 2011, where they gained experience with PHP, Drupal, SQL, and caching strategies while developing a prototype mobile site optimized for iOS and Android.

In 2012, they joined Vanguard as an Internal Web Application Developer, working in small teams to develop internal applications using Java with Spring, Angular for the UI, and MS SQL Server for the data layer. Forrest also wrote executable specifications using Cucumber and Selenium. From 2015 to 2017, they transitioned to the role of an iOS Developer, leading a small team to develop an internal native iOS app using Swift 2 and Core Data. Forrest worked on various tasks including synchronization of data from server to client, adapting UI layouts for different devices, and developing XCTest and XCUITest suites.

In 2017, Forrest joined Polaris (formerly Polaris Project) as a Developer. Details about their role at Polaris are not provided in the structured information.

Prior to their professional career, Forrest worked as a Teacher's Assistant at Gettysburg College from 2009 to 2012.

Forrest Jacobs attended Gettysburg College from 2008 to 2012, where they pursued a Bachelor of Arts degree in Computer Science.