Jason Gao
Software Engineer at Retool
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJason Gao is a pragmatic software engineer with 11 years of experience building and scaling backend and infrastructure systems, currently contributing to Retool’s core infrastructure from New York. He has a strong track record at Okta driving release engineering, migrations to containerized environments, and FedRAMP-aligned cloud moves, often owning complex rollout plans, monitoring, and developer-facing tooling. Jason repeatedly focuses on developer experience—shipping encryption tooling, slack automation for on-call workflows, and streamlined one-button releases that replaced manual processes. He excels at modernizing legacy services (EC2→Docker) and navigating third-party constraints to keep systems reliable and compliant. A UC Berkeley EECS alum, he blends deep operational rigor with a bias for shipping practical engineering solutions that reduce day-to-day toil.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at University of California, BerkeleyHigh School diploma General Studies, High School diploma General Studies at Rancho Bernardo High School
English, Chinese
Github Skills (6)
ats8
saas7
flutter5
ios4
react-native4
mobile2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
jjlgao/jjlgao.github.io
Apr 2016 - Sep 2016
Contributions:12 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
jjlgao/OG
May 2015 - May 2015
Contributions:12 pushes, 7 branches in 4 days
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