05 · About
Hey there, I'm Jay Shah.
I'm a software engineer living in New York.
This blog
I started this blog to write about the things I learn building software, to share a bit of what I know, and to have something to look back on when I'm older. Writing has forced me to slow down and figure out what I actually think, and every so often a post turns out to be useful to someone else too.
If you're poking around, you'll mostly find writing on engineering, projects I've built, and the places I've traveled. Hope you find something fun or helpful here!
GitHub
2,779 contributions in the last year
@jshah ↗Experience
Radical AI Director of Software Engineering
Building self-driving labs where AI designs new materials and robots run the experiments.
Sep 2026 - Now
DataGrail Staff Software Engineer / Senior Engineering Manager
Data privacy platform enterprises use to run their privacy programs.
Jul 2020 - Sep 2026
Periscope Data (Acquired by Sisense) Senior Software Engineer
SQL-first analytics platform for data teams to query their warehouse and share dashboards.
Oct 2017 - Jul 2020
Workday Software Engineer
Cloud finance and HR platform for large enterprises.
Aug 2013 - Oct 2017
Riverbed Software Engineering Intern
Network and application performance monitoring.
Jun 2012 - Sep 2012
Splunk QA Intern
Platform for searching and analyzing machine data.
Jun 2011 - Nov 2011
Education
UC Davis B.S. Computer Science & Engineering
Sep 2009 - Jun 2013