Mike Jahn is a seasoned engineering leader with 12 years of experience building and scaling product-focused teams across consumer and fintech domains, now serving as Director of Engineering at Grubhub in Chicago. He has progressed from hands-on mobile and full-stack engineering roles to leading cross-functional organizations, with prior director-level leadership at Sittercity and technical leadership at companies like Discover and Groupon. Mike excels at cultivating talent and shipping high-quality products while maintaining rigorous engineering standards, often bridging product, ML/AI integrations, and mobile platforms. He brings a practical mix of technical depth—iOS/Android, React, backend services—and strong people management skills that drive measurable delivery improvements. Outside of engineering leadership he balanced a creative side as a professional photographer for several years, a detail that informs his product-minded design sensibility. Known for fostering innovation and team growth, he combines startup agility with enterprise-grade execution.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Information Systems Web Application Development, Information Systems Web Application Development at Illinois State University
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