Jonah George is a founding engineer and seasoned software professional with 12 years building internet-scale systems from Portland, Oregon. He has deep polyglot experience across Python, PHP, Ruby on Rails, Java, and Go, and has progressed from individual contributor roles at AppNexus/Xandr to technical leadership positions at Button, Upside/Ampla, and now Light Labs. Jonah blends hands-on development with people and product leadership—he moved into engineering management at Ampla before returning to a founding-engineer role, showing both technical breadth and startup grit. He also advises startups through Amusement Consulting Services, signaling a knack for translating business needs into pragmatic engineering tradeoffs. A CS graduate from Oregon State, he favors shipping reliable systems and has a track record of navigating acquisitions and fast-paced reorganizations. Notably, his career path reflects an ability to pivot between deep technical work and strategic leadership while keeping code and product delivery central.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science at Oregon State University
Contributions:67 commits, 81 pushes, 3 branches in 8 years 4 months
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Jonah George - Founding Engineer at Light Labs Inc