Summary
Jonah Dempcy is a self-taught computer scientist and product-focused technologist with 11+ years delivering front-end and full‑stack web and mobile experiences, from early work at Amazon to leading engineering and product at Bluefire. A founder and serial organizer, he has built companies, large-scale conferences, and community platforms that blend service design, humanities-informed UX, and pragmatic engineering. He specializes in responsive, accessible interfaces and unobtrusive JavaScript while also designing backend architectures in Ruby, Java, PHP and Python. Jonah pairs hands-on implementation with high-level service design rooted in philosophy, sociology and critical theory—an unusual mix that informs richer user experiences and product strategy. He’s a published writer and filmmaker who has translated cultural scholarship into practical digital products and community-first ventures. Based in Santa Fe, he brings entrepreneurial grit, multidisciplinary curiosity, and a track record of shipping polished, user-centered software.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Techstars 2013
The New Centre for Research & Practice
Music theory, audio engineering, Music theory, audio engineering at Shoreline Community College
N/A, Critical Theory, Philosophy, Critical Pedagogy, N/A, Critical Theory, Philosophy, Critical Pedagogy at The Global Center for Advanced Studies