Jesse Stimpson
VP Of Engineering at Relay
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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SeniorJesse Stimpson is a seasoned engineering leader with 11 years of hands-on experience who blends software development and operations to deliver resilient, customer-focused platforms. Currently VP of Engineering at Relay after leading SRE and architecture initiatives there, he has a track record of removing operational barriers between customers and products. His background spans embedded and systems work (C++, Erlang, Android ROMs, q/kdb+), large-scale Java services, and tooling for reliable Linux/Unix operations. Jesse pairs pragmatic engineering with research rigor—he co-authored a peer-reviewed biomedical engineering paper early in his career—and he’s known for stepping into both code and ops to unblock teams. Located in Raleigh, NC, he thrives on bridging product needs with robust infrastructure and observability.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Stackoverflow
972reputation
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7answers
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Github Skills (97)
erlang-otp10
beam10
gleam10
erlang10
elixir10
erlang-driver10
compile10
otp10
cowboy9
http2-client9
asdf9
onnxruntime9
database8
websocket-client8
high-performance8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
foundationdb-beam/ecto_foundationdb
Feb 2024 - Mar 2025
FoundationDB Adapter for Elixir's Ecto
Contributions:5 releases, 1 review, 64 PRs in 1 year 1 month
relaypro-open/rethink-erlang
Jan 2018 - Sep 2022
Erlang driver for RethinkDB
Contributions:14 commits, 4 PRs, 39 pushes in 4 years 9 months
rethinkdberlangerlang-driver
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