Jason Amy
Founder & CEO at Self
Temecula, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJason Amy is a seasoned founder and full-stack software engineer with 10+ years of experience building scalable web and mobile products, currently leading Illuminaze to pioneer "Intelligence Amplification"—AI that amplifies human productivity without replacing people. He architected and implemented the pre-launch platform using modern TypeScript stacks (Next.js 15, React 19, Prisma) and a multi-provider AI design that balances privacy, cost, and real-time collaboration. His background spans deep systems and DevOps work at Qualcomm, HIPAA-compliant healthcare platforms, and multiple entrepreneurial ventures that moved ideas through to revenue on AWS and mobile/web ecosystems. Jason combines product vision and rigorous engineering practices—automated CI/CD, complex relational data models, and research-backed behavior change methodologies—to close the gap between thinking and doing. Less obvious: he leverages AI-assisted development (Claude) both as a philosophical tenet and a practical speed multiplier in his engineering workflow. Based in Temecula, CA, he’s focused on scaling Illuminaze toward a mass-market productivity category with a roadmap to hundreds of millions of users.
10 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
C++ Certification, Computer Science, C++ Certification, Computer Science at University of WashingtonBachelor of Science (B.S.), Mathematics and Physics, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mathematics and Physics at Western Washington University
Github Skills (20)
phonegap10
cordova10
cordova-android10
ionic10
cordova-plugin10
ionic-framework10
angular10
react-native9
javascript9
ios9
android9
typescript8
mobile7
macos6
windows6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
jasonmamy/cordova-wheel-selector-plugin
Feb 2017 - Jul 2022
Wheel selector for Cordova (Android/iOS)
Contributions:5 releases, 104 commits, 13 PRs in 5 years 6 months
cordovaios-androidandroidcordova-pluginwheel
jasonmamy/opsworks-cookbooks
Mar 2017 - Mar 2017
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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