Jerry Oates, Developer in New York, NY, United States
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Jerry Oates

Software Engineer and Developer

New York, NY, United States

Toptal member since May 21, 2026

Expertise
TypeScriptNode.jsExpress.jsPostgreSQLAWSReact.jsAWS LambdaMySQLNext.jsPythonAngularJSMongoDBVercelKubernetesReact Native
Bio

Jerry is a software engineer with experience building back-end systems and products from 0 to 1 through enterprise scale. He is an expert at designing cloud infrastructure, building data pipelines, and integrating AI into production systems. Jerry works well independently, communicates clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders, and enjoys solving ambiguous product and systems problems.

Portfolio

Impel
Amazon Web Services (AWS), TypeScript, Python, AI Development
Extra
TypeScript, Kubernetes, MySQL, React Native, Vue, Express.js

Experience

  • PostgreSQL - 6 years
  • Node.js - 6 years
  • React - 5 years
  • AWS Lambda - 5 years
  • TypeScript - 5 years
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) - 5 years
  • Next.js - 3 years
  • AI Development - 2 years

Preferred Environment

Amazon Web Services (AWS), TypeScript, React

The most amazing...

...thing I've built is DimGenius, an AI-powered freight load planning platform using bin packing algorithms and LLM-based data extraction.

Work Experience

Software Engineer

2024 - 2026
Impel
  • Developed back-end components for an AI appointment scheduling system using LLM-enhanced conversational flows, automating dealer workflows, and integrating with dealership booking systems.
  • Extended the Service AI platform to support Voice AI by integrating call transcript data alongside email and SMS, expanding coverage across communication channels, and increasing the range of customers handled.
  • Built event-driven ETL pipelines integrating an acquired marketing product into a 2.0 version of the Service AI platform, converting marketing leads into service customers, and processing hundreds of thousands of records daily.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), TypeScript, Python, AI Development

Software Engineer

2021 - 2023
Extra
  • Provisioned and developed a serverless authentication service using AWS Cognito and AWS CDK, replacing a legacy REST monolith.
  • Built a token-based rewards system in TypeScript and React Native to drive user engagement.
  • Implemented a data archiving strategy for the MySQL cluster to improve performance and scalability.
Technologies: TypeScript, Kubernetes, MySQL, React Native, Vue, Express.js

Experience

DimGenius

https://www.dimgenius.com/
An AI-powered freight load planning platform that optimizes trailer layouts and extracts shipment data from unstructured emails and documents using LLMs, helping freight brokers and shippers reduce manual planning time from hours to minutes.

Education

2015 - 2019

Bachelor of Arts Degree in Geography and English

University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Knoxville, TN, USA

Skills

Libraries/APIs

React, Node.js, Vue

Languages

TypeScript, Python

Frameworks

Express.js, Next.js, Ruby on Rails (RoR), AngularJS, React Native

Platforms

Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS Lambda, Vercel, Kubernetes

Storage

PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB

Other

AI Development

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