Jacob Schweitzer

Jacob Schweitzer is a Senior Software Developer at Alley who specializes in backend development and JavaScript. Prior to Alley, Jacob worked at XWP where he was a WordPress engineer. In that role, he architected solutions for clients with enterprise scale WordPress websites. He has also contributed to open source projects including WordPress core, the official AMP for WordPress plugin by Google and Stream by XWP. Outside of work, Jacob enjoys traveling (he lived for 3 years in Russia and 10 years in Brazil), hiking, biking, playing basketball, and spending time with family. Jacob graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in political science. He is based in Austin, Texas.