Jake Peterson
About Jake Peterson
Jake Peterson is a Software Engineer with an Associate's degree in Computer Software Engineering from Mid-State Technical College. He has worked at Navitus Health Solutions since 2017, where he has developed microservice platforms and implemented role-based security.
Work at Navitus
Jake Peterson has been employed at Navitus Health Solutions as a Software Engineer since 2017. In this role, he has contributed to various projects, including the development of a microservice platform that supports the Navitus Mobile App and multiple external websites. He has also implemented a custom authorization scheme to enhance role-based security across the microservice architecture. Additionally, he converted the Navitus Mobile App from NativeScript to React Native, improving its functionality and user experience. His work includes building and maintaining a deployment tool for Node APIs via SSH prior to the adoption of CI/CD practices.
Education and Expertise
Jake Peterson studied at Mid-State Technical College, where he earned an Associate's degree in Computer Software Engineering from 2012 to 2014. This educational background provided him with foundational knowledge and skills in software development. His expertise includes creating shared code libraries as NuGet packages for role-based security, service-to-service communication, and API setup configuration. He has experience in various programming environments and is proficient in technologies relevant to software engineering.
Background
Prior to his current position at Navitus Health Solutions, Jake Peterson worked as a Software Engineer at Skyward from 2014 to 2017. During his time at Skyward, he gained valuable experience in software development, which he later applied in his role at Navitus. His career trajectory reflects a consistent focus on software engineering, with a particular emphasis on developing secure and efficient applications.
Achievements
Throughout his career, Jake Peterson has achieved significant milestones in software engineering. At Navitus Health Solutions, he led the development of a microservice platform and implemented distributed caching with Redis Enterprise to optimize memory usage in load-balanced microservices. His contributions to the Navitus Mobile App and deployment tools have enhanced the overall performance and security of the applications he has worked on.