Jason Cihelka
Founding Software Engineer at Amera (YC F25)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolJason Cihelka is a founding software engineer and technology leader with nine years of experience building full-stack systems, decentralized storage tooling, and blockchain infrastructure. He combines hands-on architecture and product design with startup and enterprise experience—leading engineering at Amera (YC F25) to automate healthcare claims while simultaneously running Isotechnics as CTO. His background includes core contributions to data ingestion and Filecoin tooling at Protocol Labs, building mining analytics for LUXXFOLIO, and practitioner-facing platforms at Rupa Health. Comfortable across React/TypeScript front-ends, Node back-ends, and distributed ledger tech, he repeatedly turns messy data into structured, automated workflows. Based in Vancouver, he pairs engineering leadership with practical ops experience and a knack for turning proofs-of-concept into production systems. An entrepreneur at heart, he’s as fluent in systems design as he is in evaluating emerging blockchain and DeFi opportunities.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of CalgaryCertificate of Achievement Windows Server 2008, Certificate of Achievement Windows Server 2008 at Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT)
English, Japanese
Stackoverflow
492reputation
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5answers
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Github Skills (91)
ipfs10
storage10
filecoin10
blockchain10
indy9
sdk9
golang9
ssi9
aries9
p2p9
zkp9
hyperledger-indy9
decentralized-identity9
cisco8
verifiable-credentials8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
jcace/react-next-ui
Jul 2020 - Feb 2021
React / TypeScript wrapper around ODL/Cisco NeXT UI Library
Contributions:1 release, 4 reviews, 4 commits in 6 months
nextuireacttypescriptodl
application-research/delta-dm
Mar 2023 - Jul 2023
Delta Large Dataset Manager
Contributions:4 releases, 7 reviews, 40 PRs in 4 months
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