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Mike Jahn

Northbrook,IL

Summary

Accomplished engineering executive with a proven track record of adeptly guiding cross-functional teams. Leveraging extensive experience in team motivation and leadership, I excel in driving the creation of high-quality products while upholding rigorous engineering standards. With a fervent dedication to product excellence and team development, I am passionate about cultivating talent and fostering innovation.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Director of Engineering

Sittercity
03.2022 - Current
  • Lead a results oriented culture of continuous learning, strong collaboration and engineering best practices
  • Spun up new engineering squad dedicated to B2B integrations which brought in $3M+ in revenue in 2022.
  • Manage 3 Engineering Managers (covering B2C and B2B sides of the business) with total distributed department size of 30 to foster professional development, leadership and technical growth through regular 1:1s and coaching
  • Decrease major incidents by 30% YOY
  • Work cross functionality with executive staff to contribute to OKR and revenue goal setting
  • Manage resource allocation and utilization for entire engineering department through multi million dollar budget
  • Set budgets for engineering initiatives, tailoring financial limitations to business goals and optimizing ROI for completed deliverables.
  • Promoted senior engineer to engineering manager and help facilitate multiple promotions of secondary direct reports
  • Manage relationships with various vendors including third party resourcing of 8+ contractors, observability, security and Google Cloud
  • Facilitate and contribute to architecture discussions

Engineering Manager

Sittercity
03.2021 - 03.2022
  • Managed a distributed team of 12 engineers, fostering growth through regular 1:1s and coaching.
  • Led the technical teams for a new initiative which in turned increased revenue by over $1M.
  • Promoted 2 engineers through structured action plans and developed Engineering Career Ladders.
  • Partnered with stakeholders and executives for sprint planning and long-term goal setting.
  • Built and hired two additional engineering teams.
  • Contributed to architecture and design discussions.

Lead Software Engineer

TopstepTrader
11.2019 - 03.2021
  • Managed a group of engineers to foster professional development and technical growth
  • Empowered two scrum teams to fulfill product initiatives while also meeting technical goals
  • Partnered with key stakeholders, executives, and product managers for both short-term sprint planning and long-term goal development
  • Performed code reviews and led technical discussions
  • As the hiring manager for various engineering roles, collaborated with engineering team members and other stakeholders to iterate on interview process

Senior Software Engineer

Enova International Inc.
11.2017 - 11.2019
  • Lead technical integration with nation's biggest lending lead provider
  • Work with stakeholders and leadership to plan sprints to balance new features, tech debt, security updates and technology improvements
  • Work on Ruby On Rails application, Ruby microservices, Golang microservices and AWS Lambdas
  • Mentor junior engineers and new hires

Senior Associate Developer

Discover Financial Services
02.2015 - 11.2017
  • IOS Lead on Discover Mobile App React Native project with distributed team
  • Mentor and lead junior developers to promote high code quality and best practices
  • Led transition to using Git workflow with automated CI/CD tools and testing

Software Engineer, Mobile

Belly, Inc
05.2014 - 02.2015
  • iOS development and Ruby On Rails development

Software Engineer

Slalom Consulting
12.2012 - 05.2014

Full Stack web development and native iOS Development

Software Engineer

Groupon
01.2012 - 12.2012

Ruby On Rails and Ember.js development

Education

Bachelor of Science - Information Systems, Web Application Development, Business Administration

Illinois State University
Normal, IL

Skills

  • Engineering and Team Leadership
  • Budget / P&L Management
  • Extensive experience managing teams through Agile Methodologies and general project management
  • Software Architecture in mobile, monoliths and SOA
  • AWS and Google Cloud Platform
  • Vendor Selection and Management
  • Extensive experience with Ruby On Rails
  • Extensive experience with Swift, Objective C and React Native
  • Golang
  • Javascript
  • MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB

Timeline

Director of Engineering

Sittercity
03.2022 - Current

Engineering Manager

Sittercity
03.2021 - 03.2022

Lead Software Engineer

TopstepTrader
11.2019 - 03.2021

Senior Software Engineer

Enova International Inc.
11.2017 - 11.2019

Senior Associate Developer

Discover Financial Services
02.2015 - 11.2017

Software Engineer, Mobile

Belly, Inc
05.2014 - 02.2015

Software Engineer

Slalom Consulting
12.2012 - 05.2014

Software Engineer

Groupon
01.2012 - 12.2012

Bachelor of Science - Information Systems, Web Application Development, Business Administration

Illinois State University
Mike Jahn