Jamison Dance

Head of Engineering at Droplet

Jamison Dance has a diverse work experience spanning several companies and roles.

Starting in 2009, they worked as a Research Assistant at Brigham Young University, where they developed web applications and worked on the PocketBook project, which was published in the Bioinformatics journal.

In 2011, Dance joined SpotterRF as a Software Developer, where they worked on processing radar data and created tools for the hardware team.

In 2012, they joined i.TV as a Software Developer, writing UI and backend code for their live TV platform. Jamison also created a microservice for displaying real-time sports data.

In 2014, Dance became the Director of Engineering, Partners at i.TV and led a 10-person team. Jamison also served as the Director of Engineering for the company's beta.tvtag.

From 2014 to 2016, Dance worked as a Senior Developer at Kuali Co, where they played a key role in building a curriculum management system for education technology. Jamison also mentored and taught developers about the codebase and new technologies.

In 2016, Dance founded Fivestack, where they helped companies improve their software through training, mentoring, and custom development. Jamison worked with startups to hire developers, establish efficient processes, and build products using technologies like PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Firebase, and React.

From 2018 to 2021, Dance served as a Senior Engineering Manager II at Walmart Global Tech, managing distributed teams responsible for building Walmart's edge infrastructure. Jamison also worked on creating developer-friendly tools and providing architecture consulting.

In 2021, Dance joined Shortcut as the Director of Software Engineering, overseeing a team of about 40 engineers. Their responsibilities included managing software engineers and engineering managers, building teams, infrastructure, and products.

Currently, Dance is the Head of Engineering at Droplet, a position they started in 2023.

Jamison Dance attended Brigham Young University, where they pursued a field of study in Computer Science. The chronological information does not provide details on the start year, end year, or degree obtained.

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  • Head of Engineering

    June, 2023 - present

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