Jason Horman is a seasoned software engineering manager with 15 years of experience building high-scale systems across payments, travel, video, and consumer products. Currently leading engineering at Stripe after serving as a Staff Engineer there, he combines deep expertise in software architecture, databases, analytics, and blockchain technologies (including Solidity and Ethereum) with hands-on proficiency in Python, Java, JavaScript, and React. He has a track record of founding and scaling teams and platforms—from co-founding Springpad and architecting Lola Travel to serving as VP/CTO roles at several startups—demonstrating both product and technical leadership. Jason’s background spans low-latency ad exchanges to consumer-facing mobile/web services, giving him a pragmatic sense for designing reliable, data-driven systems. Based in Carlsbad, CA, he brings a blend of startup grit and enterprise rigor, often bridging architecture and implementation himself. An engineer at heart, he favors turning complex requirements into pragmatic, auditable solutions and has steadily moved from individual contributor to strategic manager while remaining technically fluent.
15 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
Rocky Hill School
Computer Science, Computer Science at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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Jason Horman - Software Engineering Manager at Stripe