# Jay Steinberg

> Software Engineer

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/jaysteinberg

I am a software engineer who finds fulfillment in solving problems creatively through innovative and interdisciplinary thinking. While comfortable working autonomously, I find immense satisfaction in collaborating and working alongside others. I am passionate about learning new skills and find myself on a continuous path of self-betterment.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ KnowCap Interactive
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021

### Software Engineer ~ Stay In Style @ Personal Projects
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020
* Designed and scaled the backend architecture of the calendar and bookings microservice for a vacation rental web application to handle large amounts of user activity
* Built out both a PostgreSQL and a Cassandra database implementation, benchmarked and optimized both to determine best fit for this microservice
* Used K6, Loader.io, and New Relic to test high traffic load and collect system performance metrics
* Deployed the micro service with a PostgreSQL backend database management system and horizontally scaled 4 EC2 t2.micro instances, using an Nginx load balancer to manage user requests
* Delivered a scaled microservice that could handle 1450 user requests per second with an error rate of less than 0.1%, a nearly 500% increase in performance and throughput

### Software Engineer ~ Wahrscheinlichkeit @ Personal Projects
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020
* Envisioned, conceptualized, and designed a MERN stack web application in 24 hours
* Built using React to give users an intuitive and easy-to-use UX/UI design that presents concise night weather conditions as well as points of interest in the night sky based on location 
* Built out a feature that allows users to favorite and save locations for easy look-up

### Full Stack Software Engineer ~ BeautyCart @ Personal Projects
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
* Designed an interactive photo gallery micro service for the item page of an online beauty product retailer 
* Featuring an intuitive and easy to use UI/UX interface, served on a custom express server
* Built using the MERN tech-stack, containerized through the use of Docker, and deployed on AWS EC2

### Cashier Customer Service @ Olympus Caffe & Bakery
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Mountain View, California, United States
* Focused on active communication between both guests and other staff members to prevent mistakes due to a higher influx of requests
* Prioritized customer satisfaction and pleasant diner experience while maintaining a fast-paced work environment

### Lead Kitchen Assist @ Headwaters Outdoors School
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | Mount Shasta, California, United States
* Planned a weekly meal schedule for all classes and backpacking trips 
* Organized the ordering of supplies needed
* Prepared 3 meals a day, 7 days a week for large groups of up to 100 people
* Trained kitchen staff


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jay-steinberg

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Last updated: 2026-03-20