Summary
Jacob Shumway is a frontend engineer with a decade of experience building product-focused web applications, currently contributing to Linear’s UI and developer experience. Previously he co-founded and served as CTO of Status/Hivewire, where he led a no-code platform for post-sale onboarding workflows—experience that sharpens his ability to translate complex operational needs into polished, user-first interfaces. His background spans full-stack leadership at CirrusOps and research-grade computational modeling at BYU, giving him a rare mix of product, systems, and analytical thinking. Based in Salt Lake City, he blends startup grit with production discipline and a track record of shipping integrated SaaS solutions that reduce manual work for customer-facing teams.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at Brigham Young University
Japanese