Jeremy Klein
Head Of Engineering at Lightspark
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Top SchoolJeremy Klein is a seasoned engineering leader with 11 years of experience building products across mobile, web, and backend systems, now serving as Head of Engineering at Lightspark in Los Angeles. He has repeatedly combined hands-on implementation with managerial ownership—from architecting production backends in Kotlin/TypeScript and native audio engines in C++ to shipping high-quality Android apps using modern Kotlin patterns. At Google he led cross-device features between Android and ChromeOS and made enduring open-source contributions to projects like Closure Compiler and Polymer elements, improving JS type-checking and component correctness. As VP of Engineering at mayk.it he scaled a small team through Seed to Series A with zero attrition while remaining a major code contributor across platforms. Known for pragmatic, lightweight processes that preserve velocity and quality, he blends product polish with deep technical breadth.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science at Washington University in St. Louis
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Github Skills (30)
closure10
javascript10
polymer10
google-closure-compiler10
web-components10
android-sdk10
java10
javas10
front-end-development10
android10
html10
android-ui10
type-checking10
optimization10
ssh10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
connectbot/connectbot
Jul 2015 - Jan 2016
ConnectBot is the first SSH client for Android.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:99 commits, 70 PRs, 36 pushes in 5 months
Contributions summary:Jeremy primarily contributed to the ConnectBot Android application, implementing features and addressing bugs related to user interface and functionality. They added a tab button to the emulated keys, implemented mouse wheel scroll support, and integrated a context menu paste feature. They also refactored the application by switching from ViewFlipper to ViewPager for terminal management. The user made other changes to the application's notification system.
sshandroidconnectbotssh2ssh-client
PolymerElements/paper-input
Apr 2015 - Jun 2015
A Material Design text field
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 8 commits, 7 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Jeremy primarily focused on enhancing the functionality and correctness of the paper-input web component. Their contributions included adding the `required` attribute with associated error handling, fixing Polymer behavior annotations, correcting invalid parameter annotations, and addressing a missing return statement within a default value function. They also made minor type annotation adjustments and added a missing `@polymerBehavior` annotation, indicating a focus on the component's internal structure and correct operation.
materialmaterial-designfieldtext-fieldpolymer
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