Jason Spafford is an execution-oriented engineering leader with 14 years of experience based in San Francisco, currently serving as an Engineering Manager at Coinbase. He combines hands-on technical depth with product and business leadership from roles as CEO of IF Labs and Principal Engineer at Iron Fish to senior engineering positions at Uber and Telltale. Jason is known for turning ambiguous roadmaps into shipped products and for scaling teams and systems without losing day-to-day engineering involvement. Unusually, his background spans game UI work—he developed the UI for Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze—to cutting-edge crypto infrastructure, demonstrating versatility across domains. He thrives in high-velocity environments where pragmatic decisions and strong execution drive measurable outcomes.
14 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Associates of Arts, Associates of Arts at State College of Florida-Manatee-Sarasota
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