About

I'm Jake Sohn, a Software Engineer based in Los Angeles, California, USA. I specialize in taking complex systems from fragile to formidable by designing architectures that scale, instituting best in class observability, and building developer experiences that accelerate teams without sacrificing rigor.

I have delivered for the Disney streaming bundle including Hulu, Disney+, ESPN+, and STAR+, where reliability and performance are mandatory. These platforms collectively serve well over 300 million subscribers worldwide. I have also built enterprise software for Fortune 500 companies at Brother and contributed to high stakes fintech systems at Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) (previously TMC Bonds), providing platform trading for fixed income securities, with data and analytics services. At Fashion Nova, I worked on the microservices powering $845M+ in annual revenue.

Highlights include modernizing legacy services (often under heavy traffic), designing resilient cloud infrastructure, and leading initiatives that reduce toil while improving release confidence. I value clarity, strong collaboration, and results you can measure.

Earlier in my career I worked in the Brendel Group at Indiana University, collaborating on supercomputing workflows for large scale bioinformatics. That experience shaped how I think about data, performance, and reproducible systems.

Outside of work, I recharge by listening to music and spending time at the beach.