Harley Jackson is a repeat founder and full-stack software engineer turned CEO, currently bootstrapping Bandruption from Tokyo while leading product and technical roadmaps that blend Next.js, Prisma, MySQL, Azure deployments, web3 ideas, and AI-assisted onboarding. With a decade of professional engineering experience and 16+ years of building systems informally, he shipped 100+ features at LinkedIn—contributing as a top-20 committer to Apache Pinot—where he built data visualization, RCA, anomaly detection, and forecasting tooling across EmberJS, Java, and Python. He has a track record of turning early-stage ideas into working products and organizations, from a microgravity biotech CRO and published research to a $70k-raised 501c3 serving students. Comfortable moving between frontend UX and backend data systems, he pairs entrepreneurial grit with rigorous data tooling and a knack for shipping pragmatic, user-focused analytics. An educator and mentor earlier in his career, he brings cross-cultural experience and operational discipline to scaling teams and products globally.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Florida State University
Nanodegree Artificial Intelligence, Nanodegree Artificial Intelligence at Udacity
Engineering Immersion Bootcamp Full Stack Javascript, Engineering Immersion Bootcamp Full Stack Javascript at Thinkful
Master of Public Administration (MPA), Master of Public Administration (MPA) at Strayer University
Certificate Entreprenuership Acceleration Program, Certificate Entreprenuership Acceleration Program at Wharton Executive Education
Master of Public Health (MPH), Master of Public Health (MPH) at University of West Florida
Certificate Mars Settlement, Certificate Mars Settlement at Mars University
Apache Pinot - A realtime distributed OLAP datastore
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:40 reviews, 170 commits, 187 PRs in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Harley's commits primarily focused on the development of a root cause analysis (RCA) feature within the Apache Pinot project. Their contributions involved modifying existing front-end components, including template files, JavaScript files, and test files, to display data and integrate with the RCA algorithm. The changes suggest a focus on improving the user experience of the RCA tool and improving the presentation of analysis. The user implemented changes for features like a detailed view of anomalies and adjustments for displaying confidence bounds with forecast.
Contributions:122 pushes, 378 branches in 2 years 3 months
realtimeolapdatastoredistributed
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