Jake Conway
Software Engineer 2 at PayPal
Austin, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolJake Conway is a Software Engineer 2 at PayPal with 10 years of experience building backend services and data-driven tooling. He focuses on Java Spring Boot systems that bring new payment methods to market faster, while also creating dashboards and alerts to ensure high uptime and observability. Comfortable across Java, Python, R, Node.js, SQL and cloud tooling, he has a track record of integrating partner APIs, automating data workflows, and optimizing large-dataset queries. Prior roles include hands-on internships and teaching positions that sharpened his ability to communicate technical concepts and improve onboarding and release processes. Based in Austin and grounded in a BS in Computer Science and Engineering from Ohio State, he pairs production-grade engineering with practical experience in monitoring, on-call troubleshooting, and developer enablement. An unusual strength: he’s combined data engineering automation (e.g., scheduled Jupyter Notebook pipelines) with backend feature delivery to drive both insight and rapid product iteration.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Deerfield High SchoolBachelor of Science - BS Computer Science and Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science and Engineering at The Ohio State University
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Github Skills (44)
slack-api10
bots10
herokuapp10
slack9
api9
praw9
acronym8
oauth8
python8
google8
reddit8
server8
scripting7
html6
outlook6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
plusplusslack/pluspl.us
Apr 2019 - Sep 2021
pluspl.us server
Contributions:88 commits, 95 PRs, 199 pushes in 2 years 4 months
pythonslack-appslackbotsslack-api
Conway/perspective
Mar 2017 - Aug 2021
An API wrapper for Google's Perspective API
Contributions:13 releases, 44 commits, 6 PRs in 4 years 6 months
apiapi-wrapperperspectivegoogleperspective-api
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