Jonathan Mak
Building at Stealth Startup
Palo Alto, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJonathan Mak is a machine-learning–focused engineering leader with 9 years of experience building products at the intersection of crypto, AI, and consumer infrastructure. A Stanford BS/MS in Electrical Engineering with concentrations in ML and signal processing, he now leads projects and research in web3 as a Partner at Steel Perlot after scaling product and engineering teams for DeFi, NFTs, and financial infrastructure. His background spans FAANG engineering stints (Apple, Amazon), AI research roles (UnifyID, Schmidt Futures), and hands-on product work (DoNotPay), giving him rare fluency across research, backend systems, and product strategy. Jonathan is comfortable turning advanced generative and biometric models into production features and has repeatedly operated where early-stage product decisions meet carrier-scale engineering. Based in Palo Alto, he combines academic depth with venture-backed operational experience and a knack for translating cutting-edge research into investable, user-facing systems.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Senior Class President, Senior Class President at Whitney High SchoolBachelor’s Degree Electrical Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree Electrical Engineering at Stanford University
Github Skills (32)
cosmos10
communication-protocol10
health9
blockchain9
act9
spread8
react8
cryptocurrency8
cosmos-sdk8
golang8
testing7
foundry7
pytorch7
tooling7
javascript7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
jonathanjmak/NasdaqBot
Sep 2017 - Sep 2017
Contributions:62 pushes, 1 branch in 7 days
jonathanjmak/spotaneity
Jul 2017 - Aug 2017
Contributions:22 pushes, 1 branch in 11 days
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