Jonathan George

About Jonathan George

Serial entrepreneur & developer. Consumer internet, mobile and messaging focused. Products your mom will use. I love building amazing teams and excel at taking an idea to version 1.0.Official:Jonathan George is an American Internet entrepreneur and programmer. His first company was part of the dot-com era, and his second venture, Boxcar, a real-time push notification app, capitalized on the growth of smart phones before being sold to Kwaga, Inc. Jonathan then co-founded Recurrency, a startup helping creators, artists and causes fulfill their dreams of pursing their passion full-time. Presently, Jonathan is VP of Engineering at Robin Autopilot where he is helping to disrupt lawn care with robotic lawn mowers.The products that Jonathan has created have been used by over 20 million people. As well as being an advisor to various technology startups, Jonathan also speaks at industry conferences worldwide.

Experience

1. Senior Director of Engineering

   Redfin

   Oct 2024 — Present · Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, US

   Scope: Customer Growth, Retention & Experimentation, Partner Platforms, Mortgage Marketplace, Monetization, Real Estate Services Technology (Brokerage)Org Scale:~80 engineers (grown from 2 over tenure at Redfin)SummarySenior engineering leader accountable for the technical strategy and execution behind Redfin’s growth, experimentation, monetization and brokerage engines. Lead multiple organizations spanning consumer, partner, internal tooling and marketplace surfaces, with a focus on compounding gains through experimentation velocity, platform leverage, and durable systems.Key Responsibilities & Impact* Own engineering strategy for customer acquisition, retention, experimentation, partner integrations, and mortgage monetization—supporting Redfin’s core traffic-to-revenue funnel.* Scale and operationalize Redfin’s experimentation platform, materially increasing experiment velocity and improving decision quality across product teams.* Translate company-level growth strategy into executable technical roadmaps, balancing near-term impact with long-term platform investments.* Partner deeply with Product, Design, Data Science, Marketing, and Finance to align engineering execution with revenue and growth outcomes.* Lead and develop Directors and senior managers; build succession plans and raise the bar for technical leadership, execution rigor, and accountability.* Drive architectural simplification and platform reuse to improve developer velocity, reliability, and time-to-market across teams.

Education

• Kansas State University

  Psychology

  2001 — 2003

Skills

• Interaction Design
• Html
• Mobile Applications
• Css
• Jquery
• Web Applications
• Javascript
• Ios Development
• User Experience Design
• Python
• User Interface Design
• Java
• Ruby
• Mobile Devices
• Analytics
• Git
• Ruby on Rails
• Entrepreneurship
• Web Development
• Agile Methodologies
• User Experience
• Information Architecture
• Startup Marketing