Jesse Brault

Background

About Jesse Brault

I am a former classical musician trained at The Juilliard School, now applying the same precision, creativity, and pursuit of excellence that defined my music career to the craft of software development. My work seeks to bridge artistry and engineering, uniting careful attention to detail with a pragmatic understanding of business needs to create elegant, user-focused software solutions. In both music and code, I believe in the human spirit as the foundation of creativity. My experience spans full-stack web development, cloud infrastructure, and compiler design, with a particular interest in the deep mechanics of programming languages and the architectures that bring them to life. Whether contributing production code to complex financial systems, designing performant APIs and SQL queries, or implementing a custom virtual machine, I approach each project with the mindset of a conductor and composer: balancing complexity, elegance, and human impact. Languages: • Java, Groovy, Kotlin • TypeScript, JavaScript • SQL • Ruby • Rust Frameworks/Libraries: • Spring/Spring Boot • Angular • Node • React Infrastructure: • AWS, especially AWS Lambda • Microservices • REST APIs • MySQL, SQLite Methodologies and Project Management: • Agile • Scrum • Jira • Bitbucket • Confluence Tools: • Git • Gradle • Docker • IntelliJ Idea • VSCode General Skills and Interests: • Web development • AI/LLMs and applications thereof • Test-driven development • Continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) • Software design patterns • Algorithms • Programming languages and theory • Compiler engineering and implementation