Summary
Jeff Cole is a Principal Software Engineer with over 20 years of experience delivering end-to-end products and leading engineering organizations under tight budgets and aggressive timelines. He blends hands-on full-stack development (React, Angular, Node, Java, Grails, LAMP) with systems and release engineering skills, having built CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation for large-scale IT applications. A pragmatic leader and coach, he has grown and relocated teams, transitioned organizations to Scrum, and driven sustainable engineering practices like change control and automated testing. His background spans SaaS product architecture, BI and data-platform work (SAP HANA, Teradata, Informatica) and operational leadership, including consolidating operations and instituting disaster recovery and release management. Known for rescuing high-profile customers and removing technical debt to restore velocity, he combines technical depth with strong stakeholder communication. Based in Washington, he pairs a UC Irvine CS degree with a track record of turning complex requirements into practical, ROI-focused solutions.
14 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Information and Computer Science, BS, Information and Computer Science at University of California, Irvine