Jake Ortega

September 11, 2026

Dear N1 team,

I am applying for the Software Engineer, Frontend Design role. I am a Senior Frontend Engineer with more than 10 years of experience building production interfaces with React, TypeScript, Next.js, Angular, Web Components, Tailwind CSS, design systems, testing, and CI/CD.

N1 stood out because the role combines frontend engineering with product taste. I enjoy that overlap: taking complex technology, shaping a clear interface around it, and caring about the details that make the product feel fast, coherent, and useful.

At iO Digital, I designed and built a 63-component Web Components design system distributed across React, Angular, and Vue. I also built AI-enabled product surfaces, including a streaming chat widget and a multi-engineer Next.js search product with LLM-assisted ranking and intent classification.

My side projects are also relevant to N1's pace and product focus. AgentDock, Open Vacancy Radar, and Pipenzo are open-source Electron, React, and TypeScript projects around local AI agents, job discovery, and human-reviewable developer workflows. Dutch Defend, Flits, and GrabPitik show end-to-end ownership across web, mobile, payments, Firebase, and release work.

I am based in the Netherlands and open to relocating for an on-site New York role if sponsorship or a viable work-authorization path is available.

Sincerely,
Jake Ortega