Jose Key is a Founding Engineer with a multidisciplinary background in biomedical engineering and 9 years of professional experience building scalable cloud and AI-powered systems for startups and enterprise consulting. He has shipped production AWS and agentic/RAG solutions at McKinsey that translated C-suite strategy into secure, high-impact tools and now focuses on data infrastructure and AI to solve high-growth startup problems. His research at Yale blended ML for PET imaging, synthetic data generation, and wearable analytics—work that helped secure significant grant funding and informed clinical workflows. Comfortable partnering with executives and cross-functional teams, he thrives in fast-paced environments and brings both technical depth and strategic insight to product decisions. An inquisitive maker who has toggled between stealth startups and consultancy, he combines hands-on engineering with domain knowledge in biomedical data and healthcare workflows.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering at Yale University
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at North Allegheny High School
Contributions:1 release, 19 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
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Jose Key - Software Engineer II at McKinsey & Company