Michael Jakob

Computer Science student at Missouri State University, graduating Fall 2026. I work as a Software Engineering Intern and Senior Student IT Technician, and spend a good chunk of my time outside of work building things and learning the infrastructure side of software development. My current focus areas are CI/CD pipelines, cloud deployment, self-hosting, and virtualization, with Docker and Linux as my primary playgrounds right now.

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Projects

GitHub (Frontend) GitHub (Backend)

Cooklet - Recipe Application

Full-stack recipe app with a Kotlin/Jetpack Compose Android frontend and a TypeScript/Express.js REST API. Integrates the Spoonacular API with MongoDB-backed caching and middleware that enforces per-day API quotas at the database layer.

Kotlin Jetpack Compose TypeScript Express.js MongoDB

GitHub

VerseVault - Poem Reader

Flask web app built on the PoetryDB REST API. Browse poems by author, search by title, and save favorites to a local SQLite database.

Python Flask SQLite

Skills

Languages

Python
JavaScript / TypeScript
Kotlin
C++
SQL
PowerShell
HTML / CSS

Frameworks & Libraries

React
Node.js / Express.js
Flask
Mongoose
Tailwind CSS
Jest / Mocha
Pandas

Developer Tools

Docker
Postman
MongoDB Atlas
Git/Github
VS Code
Ollama
Claude
OpenCode

DevOps & Automation

Render
SCCM
Microsoft Autopilot
Github Actions
Power Automate

Platforms & Systems

Microsoft Intune
Entra ID
Microsoft 365
Active Directory
Ubuntu Server
TeamDynamix
Linux (Ubuntu, Fedora)

Experience

City Utilities of Springfield

IT Developer Intern

September 2026 - Current

Deliver feature requests for customer service teams across multiple internal .NET applications, creating new views and features with C#, WPF/XAML, Prism, and MVVM practices.
Extending existing user views with new data fields and underlying SQL server database logic, turning internal team requests usable tooling.
Maintaining a batch tax exemption workflow for an internal customer information tool, pairing a custom PL/SQL procedure with a Prism MVVM-style view to apply a single exemption across selected records.

Missouri State University

Senior Student Technician

August 2023 - Current

Diagnosing and resolving user issues with university software, Microsoft 365, and end-user devices through phone, BeyondTrust Remote Console, and in-person support for students and faculty.
Assisting with Entra-managed user credentials, providing tier 1 support and routing for university departments.
Resolve 25+ tickets weekly in TeamDynamix, maintaining and developing documentation on support standards.
Participating in interviews and training 3-5 new student workers per semester, teaching support procedures and customer service standards.

Digital Monitoring Products

Software Engineering Intern

December 2025 - September 2026

Translated Figma designs into reusable, responsive React components for DMP's security badge-printing feature, delivering UI features used in a live commercial product following agile development and methodologies.
Contributed to a Jira delivery-tracked engineering environment that emphasized maintainable, well-documented code, GitHub version control, AI-assisted code reviews, and a GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline aligned with modern workflows.
Built test coverage for new and existing application code, reverse-engineering expected behavior to design 150+ test cases in Jest and Mocha using the page object model (POM).
Authored Appium and WebdriverIO-based mobile test suites for iOS and Android mobile clients with no prior automation coverage, surfacing 10+ existing defects in the live releases.

Schreiber Foods

Plant Systems Intern

May 2025 - October 2025

Provisioned and configured 60+ devices using SCCM and Microsoft Autopilot within a 1000+ endpoint environment, coordinated deployments and desktop support for 100+ on-site and remote employees
Assisted users throughout Windows 11 migration and deployment workflows, using PowerBI and Excel-based reporting tools to support device tracking and operational reporting, and VNC viewer for remote update assistance.
Contributed to deployment and documentation of physical network infrastructure and VLAN port configurations for a newly established distribution center in Springfield, performed on-site maintenance and support for endpoints.
Authored standard operating procedures for printing and Windows update workflows while delivering weekly reporting on global device health and 50+ active support items.