Summary
Jeffrey Palmer is a seasoned technology leader and generative artist based in California with over two decades designing, developing, and deploying enterprise-class systems and 13 years of hands-on experience in software roles. He has led engineering organizations of up to 150 developers and founded startups, including Buildt.dev, while serving senior engineering roles at CircleCI, Orbitz, and WeatherBill where he drove platform migrations, CI/CD, and cloud adoption. Jeffrey blends product-forward leadership with deep architecture chops—specializing in e-commerce strategy, high-performance architecture, and agile transformations—and has repeatedly turned early concepts into deployable products under tight timelines. Now focused on generative art, he retains a strong engineering DNA as a programmer/artist, applying code-driven creativity to new mediums. A pragmatic decision-maker and relationship builder, he’s known for instituting modern engineering practices (from Git and CI to agile coaching) that materially accelerate delivery.
13 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign