Jake Yesbeck
Engineering Manager | Head of Engineering & Product | Staff Software Engineer | GraphQL & API Scale Expert | Cross-Functional Team Builder(Opinions are my own and do not represent my employer)
- Role
- Software Engineering Manager at Capital One
- Location
- Richmond, VA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Jake Yesbeck
Experienced hands-on technology leader skilled in building cohesive, high-performance engineering teams and driving business growth through innovative technology solutions. Adept at ensuring the consistent delivery of reliable, scalable software solutions that directly contribute to the organization\'s bottom line.
Experience
Software Engineering Manager
Jul 2024 — Present · Richmond, VA, US
Hands-on software engineering manager responsible for paving the way for federated GQL at Capital OneLed team of five developers in the adoption of federated GraphQL to enable resilient and scalable data access while minimizing operational complexity. Increased adoption of GQL from 1k requests per month up to 230 million requests per month while maintaining 100% uptime.Overhauled existing manual code deployment process reducing time to production by 75%. This resulted in a 300% increase in deployments and greatly elevated stakeholder trust through enhanced visibility and cross-functional communication.Conducted comprehensive technical analyses which minimized risks and performance concerns of vendor product resulting in deployment of scalable GQL vendor solution. This initiative significantly accelerated client onboarding and reduced developer time for regulatory features from months to days.
Education
Virginia Commonwealth University
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science
2005 — 2009
Skills
- Ruby on Rails
- Php
- Software Development
- Web Applications
- Javascript
- Linux
- Mysql
- Sql
- Html
- Ruby
- Java
- Postgresql
- Web Development
- Backbone.js
- Apis
- Git
- Software Engineering
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