Jake Silver

Feb 2024 - Present

Android lead on team comprised of 60 full-time and contract engineers, grown 3x in time at company, working on Venmo application used by millions of customers.
Tech lead for native Android and iOS Visual Core team within Venmo Mobile Platform Engineering organization. The Visual Core team maintains Venmo’s design system, a common set of UI components that serve as the foundational building blocks for a consistent, efficient, and delightful user interface across Venmo’s mobile applications. This team works to foster a cohesive and enhanced mobile experience for millions of Venmo users by bridging our engineers, designers, and product stakeholders.
Conduct technical interviews, promote culture of document and domain-driven design, encourage thoughtful technical discussion and code review, while mentoring other engineers.
Work across the Venmo and PayPal organization with engineers, product, design, and management as a subject matter expert.

Jul 2020 - Feb 2024

Mobile architect for native Android and iOS leading Venmo Teen Account project. I led a team of 20 mobile engineers and coded features to deliver the project. I was also responsible for estimating technical work per feature, creating epics, breaking down features into stories, assigning work, and leading sprint ceremonies and technical discussions. I frequently communicated with product & design stakeholders and represented my team to higher-level executives.
Accessibility lead for Venmo, supported team to reach full compliance in 2021, documented best practices, answered questions, and led workshops for other engineers.
Contribute to technical excellence projects and platform team including CI/CD pipeline migration from Jenkins to Github Actions and ’modularization’ of Android project structure.
Selected for these roles due to a demonstrated history of delivering high-quality and secure features to production as a human-oriented leader over four years.

May 2019 - Jul 2020

Joined Venmo team of fourteen Android engineers to bring features from conception to launch.
Hired as first Android engineer in new Chicago office, built culture from seven engineers to thirty alongside others through interviewing and onboarding other engineers, and was promoted after a year at the company.
Led Android development on Venmo Debit Card Rewards, Holler sticker integration, Cash a Check, and Venmo Credit Card Servicing.

Aug 2017 - May 2019

Maintained the higi Data API and Middleware for partners who consumed higi biometric data.
Presented at the Epic App Orchard Conference in 2019 on our proof of concept for a biometric data sharing platform using higi data and SMART on FHIR.
Designed and developed REST APIs and event-driven web services using WebAPI, .NET Framework, and Azure.
Learned React to assist with web application development for the higi kiosk station.
Co-owned development of the higi Android application and supported iOS development.
Led integration with third party devices and SDKs, such as Fitbit and Garmin, using OAuth. • Advocated for the usage of Kotlin, Android Architecture Components, unit testing and other improvements to the Android ecosystem.

Jan 2014 - June 2017

Hired as an intern in 2014, returned full-time to MyChart Beside mobile developer team and was promoted to Team Lead after a year of working at the company full-time.
Developed improvements and new features for MyChart’s iOS and Android applications, used by millions of patients around the world.
Led development on a new feature within the MyChart Bedside application to allow users to electronically sign legal documents.
Managed a small team of mobile developers, coordinating architecture discussions, code solutioning, and releases.

June 2014

Assisted with guiding the guests, spectators, and delegates to their area of seating as well as assisted organizers with any other support they would require.
Supported the overall security plan for the competition.
Greeted all those spectators and participants visiting the Stadium, Fan Parks, Public Viewing venues or any other official venues in a friendly and kind manner.
Provided the guests, spectators, and delegates with relative information to make the person’s experience more enjoyable.

May 2015

During my time at the College of William & Mary, I worked in the Computer Science lab as a consultant and for the Catering services as a server and as a data entry assistant. I also volunteered as an Admissions tour guide and helped found a mentoring program in Lafayette Village, a nearby housing community.

Languages: C#, HTML, Java, Javascript, Kotlin, Objective-C, PHP, Python, Swift, SQL
Related Technologies: Android, iOS, Google Jetpack Libraries, GraphQL, SQLite, React (Native), Django Framework, .NET Core/Framework, WebAPI, AWS, Azure, Redis, OAuth