Jacob Ellis
VP Of Engineering at Aetheron
Adelaide, South Australia
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolJacob Ellis is a VP of Engineering and hands-on full-stack leader with over a decade of experience delivering high-scale, secure multi-tenant SaaS across the UK, US and Australia. He combines TypeScript/Node/React expertise with cloud-native infrastructure (AWS, Terraform) and AI-native product design to move prototypes into reliable production systems. At Aetheron he leads engineering strategy while still contributing to architecture and delivery, prioritising quality, fast-but-safe release practices, and coaching engineers to reach their potential. His background spans consultancy and retail, pharma, and government-facing projects, giving him a pragmatic ability to translate complex domain requirements into robust platforms. An Oxford-trained physicist, he brings analytical rigor and a tendency to treat engineering problems like experiments—iterate quickly, measure, and refine.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
MA Oxf, Physics, MA Oxf, Physics at University of OxfordYateley Sixth Form
Github Skills (72)
data-service10
hippo-cms9
python9
typescript9
lambda8
powertools8
maven8
home-assistant8
aws-serverless8
aws8
nodejs8
selenium-webdriver8
testing7
serverless-express7
middleware7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
jacsamell/intellij-settings
Nov 2017 - Dec 2024
Contributions:844 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 1 month
jacsamell/github-pr-bot
May 2025 - Aug 2025
AI-Powered GitHub PR Bot
Contributions:5 releases, 23 PRs, 59 pushes in 3 months
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