Jared Rapp
Technical Cofounder at OWOW.ai
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolJared Rapp is a technical cofounder and engineering leader based in San Francisco with over a decade of experience building and operating cloud-native e-commerce and SaaS platforms. He has progressed from hands-on development and system administration at universities to leading engineering teams and managing Kubernetes-based Google Cloud infrastructure as VP of Engineering at Betabrand. Jared blends strategic product thinking with execution—translating company vision into delivered features, reporting to boards, and participating in investor diligence and pitch work. He coached and managed senior engineers, emphasizing ownership and motivation across cross-functional teams. Recently he co-founded OWOW.ai, bringing startup grit and a proven track record of keeping production systems reliable under on-call pressure. His background in both research-focused labs and fast-moving retail tech gives him a practical, systems-first approach to scaling products.
10 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at The University of Montana
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (81)
javascript10
rust10
typescript10
pathofexile9
deno9
feature-flags9
photo9
poe9
player9
led-controller9
cdp9
session-replay8
photo-gallery8
data-warehouse8
python8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
jareddr/PoECustomSoundtrack
Jul 2016 - Feb 2022
A companion app to Path of Exile to play a user defined soundtrack that changes as the player changes areas in game.
Contributions:12 releases, 43 commits, 3 PRs in 5 years 7 months
playersoundtrackpoegameexile
jareddr/eqauction
Jul 2015 - Sep 2016
Contributions:7 pushes in 1 year 2 months
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