Jacob Prall
Staff Developer Experience Engineer at Render
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolJacob Prall is a Senior Program Manager and former founder who builds developer-focused products and go-to-market strategies at the intersection of data infrastructure, DevOps, ML/AI, and cloud databases. Over six years he has led developer experience, documentation, SDKs, and content programs that measurably improved activation and adoption—most recently driving an AI-ready Data Agent at Snowflake and tripling developer activation for SQLite Cloud. He combines hands-on engineering (Next.js, Java, Postgres) with DevRel and product leadership, launching community programs and technical blogs that have topped Hacker News. An educator at heart, he has managed docs teams, taught software engineering, and relishes turning complex systems into delightful onboarding and documentation. Based in San Francisco, Jacob often embeds with early-stage founders as a fractional DevRel/product leader to translate technical capabilities into developer-centric growth.
6 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Linn Mar High SchoolCertificate , French Language, Certificate , French Language at Université de Pau et des Pays de l'AdourApp AcademyLevel I Exam, Level I Exam at CFA InstituteBachelor's degree, Ethics and Public Policy (Economics), Bachelor's degree, Ethics and Public Policy (Economics) at University of Iowa
French, Spanish
Github Skills (47)
snowflake10
mysql9
postgresql9
data-collection9
bigquery9
java9
python9
databases9
mern9
mssql9
pipeline9
postgresql-extension9
timescaledb9
database9
data-pipeline9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
jacobprall/CrossWords
Aug 2020 - Sep 2020
MERN Stack Game
Contributions:45 reviews, 82 commits, 118 PRs in 23 days
mern
jacobprall/moneypenny-web-v1
Jul 2020 - Nov 2020
Full Stack Personal Finance App
Contributions:96 pushes, 2 branches, 1 comment in 3 months
full-stack
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