Stephen Jayakar
Software Engineer at Google
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolStephen Jayakar is a San Francisco-based software engineer with a decade of full-stack experience and a passion for turning complex problems into delightful user experiences. He is currently a Software Engineer at Google, bringing his broad backend/frontend expertise to scalable systems, after shaping Plaid’s Developer Dashboard and expanding multi-language bindings (Ruby, Python, Node) for the Plaid API. His open-source work focuses on Plaid’s bindings and API client tooling, including releasing new library versions, adding endpoints, and improving reliability with test retry logic. A UC Berkeley EECS alum, Stephen previously built at Plaid (Senior Software Engineer) and gained early product-and-UX chops during internships at Airbnb and DocuSign, plus a stint at Naval Postgraduate School. He also shares technical and personal explorations on his blog, reflecting a continuous interest in making AI advances more accessible to people.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at University of California, BerkeleyLongview High School
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Github Skills (28)
api-doc10
apim10
javascript10
typescript310
node-js10
lib10
python10
api-client10
typescript10
openapi310
typescript210
ruby10
openapi-310
release-management10
javascripts10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
plaid/plaid-node
Nov 2020 - Jun 2022
Node bindings for Plaid
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 14 reviews, 13 commits in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Stephen appears to be contributing to the OpenAPI generated code for the Plaid Node bindings. Their commits involve generating and updating code based on OpenAPI specifications, specifically focusing on the `index.js` and `api.ts` files. The changes reflect updates to the API, including new interfaces and functionalities, and incorporate various versions of the Plaid API. They also introduced retry logic for error handling in the test suite.
nodejsplaid
plaid/plaid-python
Nov 2020 - Jun 2022
Python bindings for Plaid
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 15 reviews, 25 commits in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Stephen primarily contributed to the development and maintenance of the `plaid-python` library, which provides Python bindings for the Plaid API. They focused on updating the library to work with generated internal components and new versions, including beta releases. These updates involved modifications to data models, API definitions, and potentially internal libraries that interact with the Plaid API. The user also made changes to address environment specific development needs.
api-clientapipythonpython-bindingsplaid
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