Doa Jafri
Sr. Manager, Engineering, Emerging Technology & Innovation
Austin, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolDoa Jafri is a seasoned engineering leader and interim CTO with 12 years of experience scaling startup teams, shipping rapid prototypes, and applying AI and low-code to accelerate time-to-market. Currently leading Emerging Technology & Innovation at Twilio, she blends hands-on product engineering with people-first management to build high-performing organizations and experimental tech products. Her background spans creative technology, retail e‑commerce, and health tech—where she helped raise Series B funding and forged partnerships with SAP, Samsung, and Google. A self-taught coder turned operator, Doa frequently ships prototypes that test product-market fit and growth loops, and has a past life as a photographer and runway model that informs her design-forward sensibility. Based in Austin, she’s known for turning messy early-stage problems into clear technical strategy and tangible outcomes.
12 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Political Science and Government, Bachelor's degree Political Science and Government at The University of Texas at AustinEntrepreneurship Essentials Business, Entrepreneurship Essentials Business at Harvard Business School Executive EducationComputer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at MakerSquare - School of Software EngineeringU.S.-China Relations, U.S.-China Relations at Tsinghua University
Stackoverflow
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63kreached
9answers
2questions
Github Skills (54)
react-boilerplate10
scaffolding10
redux-saga10
styled-components10
material-ui10
redux10
immer10
react-router10
react10
foundation9
react-components9
javascript9
typescript9
rickshaw9
material-design9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
doaboa/rubyTwitterTutorials
Mar 2014 - Nov 2015
Contributions:8 commits, 1 push in 1 year 7 months
doaboa/backpack3
Aug 2018 - Feb 2019
if you're traveling, you need backpack
Contributions:2 PRs, 41 pushes, 2 branches in 5 months
travelingwebpackneedbackpack
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