Summary
Jonathan Hendler is a seasoned technology leader and founder with two decades-plus of experience building web, data, and AI-driven products from early strategy to production. Currently Head of AI and Infrastructure in San Francisco and founder of HAI.AI, he combines hands-on engineering with team leadership to turn billions of data points into reliable systems—most recently powering festival ticketing and identity/data provenance for human and AI agents. His career spans startups and mission-driven companies (BetterLesson, Ginger/Headspace, Aclima) where he led platform, data engineering, and devops efforts supporting scientists, ML teams, and product. Known for thriving in uncertainty, he excels at setting early-stage technical direction while shipping pragmatic infrastructure and internal tools. A long-time entrepreneur and builder since the mid-90s, he brings rare depth across IoT ingestion pipelines, GraphQL/Elasticsearch APIs, and scalable backend systems.
14 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Sociology, Sociology at University of Maine
Bachelor's Computer Science, Bachelor's Computer Science at Northeastern University
Chemistry, Chemistry at Colby College
Antioch University
German, Spanish, 汉语 ... 一点点, English