Jay Williams is a Staff Software Engineer at Bird, where they work with Flink jobs for real-time data processing and develop backend code to fulfill product requirements. Previously, Jay served as a Data Engineer at Bankrate, building a data warehouse using Airflow and Redshift, and as a Data Engineer at Red Ventures, focusing on real-time data for analytical models. Jay's academic background includes a PhD in Mathematics from Rutgers University and a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from Case Western Reserve University. They have experience as a Postdoctoral Associate at Caltech, specializing in descriptive set theory while also teaching courses at various levels.