# Jared Failor

> Full stack platform engineer - hardware tinkerer on the side

Location: Oakland, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/jaredfailor

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ AngelList
Jan 2023 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
I work on the Platform team, doing full-stack development to unify AngelList’s suite of products, improve developer efficiency, and enhance the user experience. My work includes:
• Global navigation – Developed a reusable navigation system that connects multiple products, displaying accessible dashboards across disparate codebases
• Notifications system – Built a centralized service for managing user action items across the platform, surfacing them in the global navigation
• Design system – Maintain and expand the React component library, ensuring consistency with Figma designs and supporting product team requests
• Investor permissions overhaul – Migrated existing permissions from SpiceDB to a custom ReBAC system, simplifying and expanding admin-controlled permissions
• Technical infrastructure – Upgraded GraphQL and Next.js in a legacy monolith, introduced a test harness for new products, and contribute to on-call rotations to resolve platform issues

### Senior Software Engineer @ Carvana
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023
I worked on the Special Projects team, bringing new business initiatives from concept to production. My focus was mostly on the frontend, with occasional backend API contributions as needed. Key contributions:
• Admin tool development – Developed an internal tool for vehicle quality and safety reviews
• Performance optimization – Implemented incremental static regeneration using NextJS, reducing vehicle detail page load time by 10x
• Engineering efficiency – Collaborated with product to prioritize technical initiatives, improving code quality and team velocity
• Hiring & onboarding – Created new interview coding challenges and improved onboarding documentation

### Software Development Engineer @ Workday
Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area
I worked on the UI Platform team, developing and maintaining reusable front-end components and creating bespoke workflows for partner teams. Key contributions:
• Design system development – Built and maintained full-stack UI components that adhered to accessibility and globalization standards
• Major feature rebuild – Contributed to the overhaul of Workday’s requisition experience using React and TypeScript
• Dashboard improvements – Partnered with the business intelligence team to revamp the dashboard configuration workflow, improving usability and flexibility
• Code quality & collaboration – Initiated and led weekly code review meetings, reducing PR turnaround time by 50% and improving code consistency

### Software Engineering Intern @ Capital One
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Richmond, Virginia Area
Created multiple REST APIs that validated form inputs and interfaced with Salesforce. Implemented in Java and utilized frameworks such as Spring and Jackson.

### Undergraduate Teaching Assistant @ Cornell University
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016
Instructed labs, prepared course material, held office hours, and answered questions online about pipelined processor design, MIPS assembly programming, C programming, and caching.

### Intern @ Banno
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016
Created a REST API to on board new financial institutions. Improved database security by restricting access and keeping a history of who changed what settings for an institution.

### Intern @ Banno
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015
Mentored new interns. Added additional API routes for signing into mobile banking and worked on two factor authentication.

### Intern @ Banno
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014
Completed the Scala bootcamp ending with an RSS feed project. Added a SQL module to the bootcamp, then programmed the backend for a real estate widget.


## Education
### Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Cornell University
Jan 2014 – Jan 2018


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jared-failor

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Last updated: 2026-03-20