Summary
Jorge Escobar is a seasoned software engineering leader and founder, currently guiding OKO Labs as Fractional Head of Engineering while also leading Cogentii’s AI-augmented collaboration initiatives. With more than a decade of experience spanning startups, government programs, and nonprofit partnerships, he has steered engineering teams at Venmo, MongoDB, Emerson Collective, and the U.S. Digital Service toward scalable, impactful outcomes. He excels in rapid product delivery, architectural strategy, and building high-performing teams, evidenced by delivering a fully functional Session Replay tool for OKO Labs in four weeks and accelerating engineering hiring. As founder of MVP Lean and a MOOC instructor at From Zero to EDU, he also coaches tech leaders on engineering processes and people operations. Based in New York, he blends an electronics engineering foundation from Universidad Simón Bolívar with a proven ability to translate ambitious visions into practical, auditable tech solutions.
11 years of coding experience