Hey there, I'm Jay Shah. I'm a software engineer living in New York.
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 Activity
@jshah 2,829 contributions in the last year
Work
Sep 2026 - Now
Radical AI
Director of Software Engineering
Building self-driving labs where AI designs new materials and robots run the experiments.
Jul 2020 - Sep 2026
DataGrail
Staff Software Engineer / Senior Engineering Manager
Data privacy platform enterprises use to run their privacy programs.
Oct 2017 - Jul 2020
Periscope Data (Acquired by Sisense)
Senior Software Engineer
SQL-first analytics platform for data teams to query their warehouse and share dashboards.
Aug 2013 - Oct 2017
Workday
Software Engineer
Cloud finance and HR platform for large enterprises.
Jun 2012 - Sep 2012
Riverbed
Software Engineering Intern
Network and application performance monitoring.
Jun 2011 - Nov 2011
Splunk
QA Intern
Platform for searching and analyzing machine data.
Education
Sep 2009 - Jun 2013
UC Davis
B.S. Computer Science & Engineering