Jed Meier

Engineer · Founder · System Thinker

Hi, I’m Jed. I build lean, scalable systems.

Full-stack engineer & founding builder working across product, infra, and data. I’ve taken products from 0→1, shipped event-driven backends on AWS, and delivered ~100k survey sessions for under $100/month using highly optimized serverless architecture.

Now

Founding Engineer at SurveyLoop, building survey infrastructure and analytics for financial-services orgs. Previously led cost-optimization and AI-driven features at Denim Social.

Based in Summit County, Colorado · happy in the intersection of trading, infra, and product.

Stack

Python TypeScript / Node React FastAPI / Flask Postgres / MongoDB Redis AWS · Serverless Docker
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Experience

7+ years shipping production software

Founding Engineer

SurveyLoop · Remote

Sep 2023 – Present

  • • Built the product from 0→1 using TypeScript, MongoDB, and Serverless Framework.
  • • Designed and maintained a lean AWS architecture delivering ~100k survey sessions for <$100/month.
  • • Own core data models, integrations, and deployment pipelines across the stack.

Lead Software Engineer

Allocore · Hybrid

Oct 2024 – May 2025

  • • Built “core” software used as a base for multiple projects and new initiatives.
  • • Developed a callback-handling framework adopted across legacy codebases.
  • • Expanded internal documentation and improved DevEx across teams.

Full-Stack Software Developer

FieldSync · Hybrid

Aug 2023 – Oct 2024

  • • Led integrations between existing databases and third-party services.
  • • Built document workflows that generate Word docs from raw data.
  • • Introduced engineering standards that improved communication and time-to-production.

Full-Stack Software Engineer

Denim Social (formerly Denim Labs) · Remote

May 2018 – Aug 2023

  • • Led development of a new analytics feature with an event-driven Node/AWS Lambda backend.
  • • Dropped “cost per post” from ~$2.10 to ~$0.10 as usage scaled.
  • • Shipped multiple AI-driven features and introduced GraphQL to the team.

Earlier Experience

Hy-Vee · Gain Compliance

  • • Implemented grocery delivery flows and checkout integrations as e-commerce surged during COVID-19.
  • • Migrated Python 2 systems to Python 3 and optimized reporting pipelines.

Projects

Stuff I tinker with after hours

Fast Trade

Open-source low-code backtesting library & platform for algorithmic trading strategies. Focused on fast experimentation, clean data pipelines, and realistic slippage/fee modeling.

Python · Postgres · Redis

SurveyLoop Infra

Serverless survey and analytics stack delivering six-figure session counts on a three-figure bill. Tuned for bursty traffic, resilience, and observability.

AWS · Serverless · MongoDB

Contact

Open to interesting problems in infra, trading, and product.

Best way to reach me is email or GitHub.

web@jedm.dev LinkedIn @jrmeier

Iowa State University · 2018