Jacob Wolf
leading integrations and servicing media clients at the fastest-growing newsletter platform in the world 🐝
- Role
- Software Engineer at Beehiiv
- Location
- Austin, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Jacob Wolf
Jacob Wolf is an award-winning American journalist who is the founder of overcome, a full-service audio and video production studio focused on creating longform podcast, TV, and film projects in gaming and esports. Wolf is previously the chief reporter and investigative lead at Dot Esports and a staff writer covering esports at ESPN. Throughout his career, Wolf\'s covered financial scams, sexual abuse, business and billionaires, and roster transactions within esports. His work has been published and broadcasted on ESPN.com, ESPN The Magazine, SportsCenter, and Outside the Lines. In November 2018, the Esports Awards named Wolf its Journalist of the Year, his first win after three consecutive nominations.
Experience
Software Engineer
Dec 2025 — Present · US
Leading full-stack development of beehiiv\'s WordPress plugin, implementing custom Gutenberg-inspired UI and REST API integration.• Designing and implementing scalable integrations with HubSpot, Discord, and Stocktwits, expanding platform connectivity and reducing customer reliance on third-party, no-code platforms and custom workflows.• Implementing internal and user-facing AI-based workflows using technologies such as RubyLLM, OpenRouter, Claude Code, and CodeRabbit.• Co-architected and managing beehiiv\'s Custom Domains infrastructure, supporting white-labeled publications with automated DNS provisioning.• Served as technical liaison for data initiatives, implementing ClickHouse and PeerDB workflows in both Ruby on Rails\' ActiveRecord and MySQL-like syntax.• Co-led frontend platform modernization, migrating to React 19, React Router, and Rolldown Vite — reducing build times by 85%.
Education
West Georgia Technical College
Computer and Information Sciences, General
2013 — 2015
Skills
- Social Media
- Youtube
- Investigative Reporting
- Creative Writing
- Wordpress
- Graphic Design
- Sports Coverage
- Marketing
- Site Development
- Writing
- Sports Writing
- SEO
- Video Production
- Social Media Marketing
- Video Games
- Journalism
- Broadcast Journalism
- Html 5
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