Dan Sipple
Cofounder at Jetson
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDan Sipple is a Cofounder and seasoned engineering leader with 11 years of experience building web and ad systems from startup MVPs to enterprise-scale products. He led ad platform and delivery teams at Etsy, driving architecture changes (including adopting Apache Pinot for real-time stats) and coaching multiple ICs into leadership while owning revenue-facing audit responsibilities. Prior to Etsy he built 0-to-1 products as CTO at KettleSpace and modernized front-end stacks and payments at Maker’s Row, combining hands-on React work with strategic platform decisions. Dan contributes to notable open-source projects around Envoy and Emissary, focusing on front-end UX improvements and responsive design for widely used cloud-native tooling. Based in New York, he blends product empathy with technical rigor, often surfacing practical analytics and performance tradeoffs that unlock new revenue streams. He pairs founder-level ownership with a track record of mentoring teams through growth and deployment at scale.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Economics Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Economics Computer Science at Boston College
English
Github Skills (13)
html10
css10
responsive-design10
user-interface10
website-design10
jekyll10
website-development9
javascript8
cni8
env8
convoy8
envoyproxy8
github6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
envoyproxy/envoy-website
Aug 2017 - Apr 2019
Envoy Proxy website
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:27 commits, 23 PRs, 8 pushes in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Dan primarily focused on building and maintaining the front-end aspects of the Envoy website. Their contributions included creating the initial website structure with HTML, adding a blog feature with layouts and content, and updating the website's header, footer, and inner page logo. These changes included adding a new banner, adjusting layout elements, and modifying the website's design to incorporate new features like the blog. The user also added and organized images, improving the overall visual design.
envoy-proxyenvoyproxybazelcncf
emissary-ingress/emissary
Sep 2017 - Jan 2020
open source Kubernetes-native API gateway for microservices built on the Envoy Proxy
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:108 commits, 30 PRs, 1 push in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Dan primarily focused on front-end development, specifically redesigning the homepage. Their commits show changes to `index.html` and the accompanying CSS file (`home.css`), indicating a focus on the visual presentation and layout of the homepage. These changes included modifications to the navigation, hero section, and the addition of a quote section and a mailing list signup. The user also made responsive design adjustments.
api-gatewayproxyreverse-proxyambassadorapi-management
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