Summary
Jake Levine is a Staff Software Engineer based in Berlin with a decade of experience building resilient backend systems and shaping product-focused engineering teams. He progressed from hands-on backend developer roles at Meetup to senior and architecture-focused positions at GetYourGuide and Awin Global, demonstrating strength in Java, Python, and large-scale service design. Jake has repeatedly combined individual contributor impact with leadership—moving from feature-level engineering to solutions architecture and staff-level responsibilities. He specializes in internationalization, partnerships, notifications, and performance-sensitive backend work, having led cross-functional initiatives that touch both product and platform. Comfortable in both startup and enterprise contexts, he brings an engineer-first perspective to architectural trade-offs and delivery. A McGill-trained software engineer, he pairs practical production experience with an appetite for thoughtful system design and operational robustness.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Joel Barlow High School
BEng, Software Engineering, BEng, Software Engineering at McGill University