Summary
Jake Basile is a senior software engineer based in Austin with over a decade of experience building distributed systems, ETL pipelines, and high-performance backends across startups and large enterprises. Currently a Software Engineer IV at Apple, he previously led architecture and implementation efforts—using Clojure, Kafka, Samza, Elasticsearch, and PostgreSQL—on auditing and retention systems as a Principal Engineer at Barracuda. He thrives in small teams and early-stage products, having been the sole engineer or first hire multiple times to design end-to-end systems and ship production-ready services. A functional programming enthusiast who enjoys Linux gaming and photography, Jake pairs pragmatic engineering with a knack for mentorship and fostering remote team culture.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer