Summary
Jen Germann is a senior full-stack engineer based in Austin, Texas, with over 12 years of professional experience and a 25+ year history building modern web applications. She excels in JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Node.js, and cloud-native tooling (AWS, Terraform), and routinely ships through CI/CD pipelines while managing MySQL/Postgres-backed services. At Red Ventures she blends hands-on coding with technical leadership—mentoring engineers, writing ADRs and developer guides, and breaking complex projects into clear technical requirements. Beyond engineering she runs a design studio and two dog-focused ventures, showing a rare mix of product design sensibility and people-centered leadership. That combination of front-end pixel craft, backend systems familiarity, and non-technical entrepreneurship makes her effective at bridging design, engineering, and real-world user needs. She’s comfortable navigating unfamiliar codebases and creating the documentation and processes that keep teams aligned and shipping.
12 years of coding experience