About
Engineering leader at DoorDash with experience building and scaling technical teams.
Experience
- AnthropicMember of Technical Staff (Manager)current2026 — present
- DoorDashEngineering Manager (Reliability Platform)2025 — 2026
- DoorDashEngineering Manager (Cloud Infra & Platforms)2021 — 2025
- DoorDashStaff Engineer (Compute)2019 — 2021Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area
- DoorDashSr. Engineer (Production Engineering)2018 — 2019Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area
- TadaAngel Investor2021 — 2024
- NikeSr. Engineer (NextGen Platforms)2017 — 2018
- NikeSr. DevOps Engineer (DevOps Enablement Team)2016 — 2017
- HashiCorpEngineering Lead2016Portland, OR
- HashiCorpSolutions Engineer2015 — 2016Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area
- Puppet Labs, Inc.Sr. Support Engineer2013 — 2015Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area
- bubblrCo-Founder2013 — 2015Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area
- American Bank SystemsSystem Administrator2012 — 2013Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area
- Walmc Resources LLCGeological Technician2009 — 2011
Skills & more
Engineering Leadership1Kubernetes5Infrastructure as code (IaC)2Technical StrategyHigh Availability (HA)Go2Networking2ReliabilityPlatform Engineering1Amazon Web Services (AWS)4Self-Serve InfrastructureDevEx
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Internal Developer PlatformsSecrets ManagementCloud Cost OptimizationMulti-Cell ArchitectureCI/CD Tooling & AutomationService LifecycleOrg Design & Team ScalingPolicy EnforcementCluster LifecycleTerraformPrometheusService MeshLanguages English
From Jay's professional profile.
Colleagues at Modern Technical
Aaron Brown
Security Advisor at Modern Technical
Angie Lal
Security Engineering Advisor at Modern Technical
Arash Nikkar
Engineering Advisor at Modern Technical
Ben Chuba
Pricing Advisor at Modern Technical
Ben Vinegar
Engineering Advisor at Modern Technical
Dakota McKenzie
Sales Advisor at Modern Technical
David Cramer
Founder/Engineering Advisor at Modern Technical
Jonathan Jaffe
Security Advisor at Modern Technical
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jay Wallace?
- Engineering leader at DoorDash with experience building and scaling technical teams.
- Where does Jay Wallace work?
- Jay Wallace is Engineering Advisor at Modern Technical.
- Where did Jay Wallace go to school?
- Jay Wallace studied at Colorado School of Mines (Petroleum Engineering); University of Oklahoma (Petroleum Geology).
Same school
Also attended Colorado School of Mines27
Joseph WrightChairman of the Investment Committee at ClearSkyMason AngelFounding Partner at Industrious VenturesNewth MorrisManaging Director at Ankona CapitalJason KochOperating Partner at Ankona CapitalTerran MottInvestor at Positive Sum CapitalShane KennettTechnical Advisory Board Member at Florida Innovation Capital
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Also attended University of Oklahoma51
Tianlin WangManaging Director at Intel CapitalNathan PingeltonManaging Director at Marlin Equity PartnersMichelle GonzalezCorporate Vice President and Global Head of M12Nathaniel HardingManaging Partner at Cortado VenturesMike MoradiGeneral Partner at Cortado VenturesSusan MoringGeneral Partner at Cortado Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Anthropic103
Hans TungManaging Partner at Notable CapitalByron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at AnthropicReed HastingsCo-founder of NetflixDario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of AnthropicDaniela AmodeiCo-founder & President of Anthropic
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Also worked at DoorDash70
Alfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalTony XuCo-founder & CEO of DoorDashAndy FangCo-founder & CTO of DoorDashStanley TangCo-founder of DoorDashAnnie KadavyVenture Partner at Redpoint VenturesRyan BatraInvestor at Khosla Ventures
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Also worked at Nike69
Elizabeth PattersonOperating Partner at Sapphire VenturesJohn ConnorsManaging Partner at Ignition PartnersCack WilhelmInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Sean BruichChief Technology Officer at Flare Capital PartnersShalanda ArmstrongManaging Partner at 100Km Ventures LlcArjun AroraInvestor at Streamlined Ventures
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Also worked at HashiCorp20
Navin ChaddhaManaging Partner at MayfieldByron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersScott RaneyManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesGlenn SolomonInvestor at GGV CapitalTom LoverroInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Ethan KurzweilInvestor at Chemistry
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