Jeff Appareti is a Staff Software Engineer with 11 years building high-traffic web applications and evolving through front-end to senior and staff roles at thredUP. Based in Scotts Valley, he pairs deep front-end expertise with full-stack experience gained from founding startups and leading engineering at companies like Messenger Coffee and Moovweb. Jeff has a hands-on track record of shipping production systems, mentoring teams, and bridging product and engineering priorities. His background blends formal engineering study with liberal arts breadth (UC Berkeley and Global Studies), reflecting a pragmatic, user-focused approach to building scalable consumer experiences. An entrepreneurial streak shows in multiple co-founded ventures, signaling comfort with ambiguity and operational ownership beyond pure coding.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Bachelor of Arts - BA at University of California, Berkeley
Computer and Electrical Engineering, Computer and Electrical Engineering at University of Colorado Boulder
Global Studies, Global Studies at Santa Barbara City College
Contributions:16 PRs, 13 pushes, 12 branches in 17 days
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