Jake Tao
Engineer, Leader, Founder
- Reston, Virginia 🇺🇸
Jake Tao
Experienced Engineering Leader with a Master Degree in Computer Science and over 20 years of experience in the IT industry. Possessing 15+ years of hands-on coding expertise and 5+ years in leadership roles, successfully managing teams for both startups and enterprise organizations. Demonstrates deep knowledge in diverse sectors, including Advertising, Financial Technology, Cloud Services, and Generative AI.
Alumni of
Experience
Fulltime Employment
Amazon
2022-2025Software Development Manager III
Lead Advertising forecasting and Infrasture team
Shopify
2021-2022Senior Engineering Manager
Lead engineering team under Shop pay and checkout
Capital One
2020-2021Senior Manager / Lead Engineer
Focus on Anti money laundering technoloy to enrich risk management
Grab
2019-2020Senior Software Engineer
Build Grab ads system from scrach
Oracle
2017-2019Software Engineer
Contributed to Google AMP project and Oracle Data Cloud DMP
Abeyon
2014-2017Software Engineer
Weris
2013-2014Software Developer
Ecomplex
2012-2013Technical Consultant
Alibaba
2011-2012Software Engineer
Develop CMS for a new business line
Startups & Projects
TaXiang APP
2017-CurrentFounder
Based on HelloGWU, serving International students across States and Canada.
HelloGWU.com
2012-CurrentFounder
A platform in DMV area for International students and professionals with 250k+ registered users
Seattler
2019-CurrentFounder
A marketplace for trading and renting in Seattle Area
AllenaBay
2022-2024Co-Founder
E-commerce site selling clothing from overseas manufacturer
BlockChainGeek
2018-2019COO & VP of Engineering
An online community for blockchain and cryptocurrency
Swapin
2016-2018Co-Founder & CTO
Online Marketplace and in-person trading app
USStudent
2014-2017Founder & CTO
A platform that serves young professionals in 8 major cities in North America with 300K+ users
PingJing
2004-2008Founder
A forum for teens, extended business to sports and E-Sports