Summary
Jason Lew is a seasoned engineering leader and founder with 13 years of experience building product-driven teams and distributed systems across the consumer and AI stack. Currently leading engineering at a stealth AI startup, he previously founded and scaled SkillMagic (applied LLM products) and co-founded MightySignal, which was acquired and whose tech powered Instacart’s Growth Acquisition efforts. He combines deep product instinct—from shipping iPhone/iPad hardware/software at Apple to profitable SaaS and growth systems—with hands-on ML/AI engineering and GTM expertise. Known for rapidly improving acquisition efficiency and for assembling elite engineering teams, he moves fluidly between low-level systems, data pipelines, and high-level product strategy. Based in San Francisco, he also advises startups and VCs as a fractional CTO/CPO, often building AI agents that act as data engineers. An engineer at heart, Jason blends hardware-era rigor with modern AI productcraft to ship unusual, practical systems.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
B.S.E. Electrical and Computer Engineering, B.S.E. Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University
M.Eng. Electrical and Computer Engineering, M.Eng. Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University
English