Jake Kaplan
Staff Software Engineer at Prefect
Somerville, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJake Kaplan is a Staff Software Engineer based in Somerville, MA with six years of progressive experience building resilient backend systems, now leading engineering work at Prefect, a well-known workflow orchestration project. He has advanced from production support to senior and staff roles by shipping deployment-focused enhancements and parameterization features in Prefect’s core, improving how data pipelines are deployed and tested. Jake blends quantitative research experience from sports analytics with production engineering discipline, giving him a knack for turning complex data workflows into reliable, testable services. Comfortable resolving merge conflicts and evolving APIs, he excels at cross-cutting backend improvements that directly impact developer and operator experience. Outside engineering, his early career in high-intensity customer roles and international study adds practical communication and adaptability to his technical leadership.
6 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Computer Science at Franklin & Marshall CollegeFlorence: Fall Semester Study Abroad, Florence: Fall Semester Study Abroad at New York UniversityBartending/Bartender, Bartending/Bartender at New York Bartending SchoolSpecialized High School & Regents Diploma, Specialized High School & Regents Diploma at Stuyvesant High School
English, Chinese
Github Skills (11)
orchestration10
orchestra10
prefect10
back-end-development10
python10
apidoc9
api9
testing8
data-engineering7
automation6
automations6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
PrefectHQ/prefect
Sep 2021 - Jan 2023
Prefect is a workflow orchestration framework for building resilient data pipelines in Python.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 385 reviews, 240 commits in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Jake's commits primarily focused on enhancing the deployment functionality within the Prefect framework. They introduced and integrated parameters into deployments across several modules, including those related to deployments, schemas, and clients. The commits involved modifications to API tests and client code, indicating an emphasis on enabling and testing deployment parameterization. They also addressed merge conflicts.
pythondataobservabilityml-opsdataflow
jakekaplan/demo-flows
Feb 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:189 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 1 month
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