Summary
Jeff Tabachnick is a Senior Software Engineer and former CTO based in San Diego with a decade of experience building polished front-end experiences and robust web architectures. Trained as an architectural engineer, he blends design sensibility and mathematical rigor to craft user-friendly, visually pleasing applications using React/Redux, Angular, Node, and GraphQL. He has led engineering efforts at companies like Thumbtack and Udacity, while running startups and side projects that keep him experimenting with newer technologies and full-stack patterns. Comfortable shaping code architecture, integrating REST/GraphQL APIs, and coordinating cross-functional teams, he favors readable, reusable code and pragmatic git workflows. Outside work he channels the same competitive drive into hockey and fitness—bringing teamwork and discipline from the rink into engineering leadership.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Coding House