Jake Xia
Cofounder And CTO at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolJake Xia is a Cofounder and CTO with nine years of cross-disciplinary experience at the intersection of software, hardware, and design, currently leading product and engineering at corner while serving as an AWS CTO Fellow. He brings hands-on startup experience from roles at Adeptmind, Clearco, and Raven.ai, plus a background in mechatronics and robotics from the University of Waterloo that informs pragmatic systems thinking. Jake blends front-line engineering with product-led leadership to ship full-stack solutions that consider hardware constraints and sustainable impact. His earlier work in graphic design and public-health media adds a rare empathy for communication and user-facing design in technical products. Based in New York, he’s building findyourcorner—applying design-driven engineering to ambitious sustainability goals. Colleagues describe him as a builder who balances aesthetic sensibility with rigorous, production-grade engineering.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering at University of Waterloo
Github Skills (20)
pipeline8
infrastructure7
recurring7
python7
cron-expression6
automation6
dataflow6
data-science6
orchestration5
workflow-engine5
prefect5
observability5
cron5
data-engineering4
golang3
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
george-xiao/Om-Nom
Apr 2020 - May 2020
Contributions:31 commits, 8 PRs, 20 pushes in 21 days
jakexia72/jakexia72.github.io
Aug 2016 - Sep 2023
Contributions:1 release, 2 PRs, 191 pushes in 7 years 2 months
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