Jared Eisner

Jared Eisner · VP of Engineering, SkAI

I lead engineering organizations, and I bring AI into how they work.

I am VP of Engineering at SkAI. I have built and run multi-team engineering organizations on complex SaaS products, from the database to the user interface, in Java since 2004.

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Now
VP of Engineering
SkAI, since May 2026
Before
Senior Director of Engineering
Deposco, March 2022 to May 2026
Hands-on with
Java, Spring, Hibernate, React, MySQL and MongoDB, plus Cursor, Claude Code and OpenAI Codex
Open to
Director and VP of Engineering roles, and AI lead roles
Based in
Atlanta (Cumming), Georgia

Two ways I can help

AI leadership

Bring AI into how teams build

AI-assisted planning and delivery, and internal AI tooling for engineers, with people still accountable for the result.

Engineering leadership

Run engineering that delivers

Multi-team organizations that plan clearly and deliver predictably, led by leaders who are grown on purpose.

How I lead

  1. Make the work clear before it starts.Most delivery problems begin as vague requirements. I put structure around ambiguity so teams know what done looks like.
  2. Own the outcome, not the activity.Better planning, clear ownership expectations and consistent execution raise output and predictability.
  3. Grow leaders on purpose.Promotion plans and career paths for engineers and engineering leaders, written down and applied evenly.
  4. Use AI where it removes friction.I use AI for practical work such as turning requirements into epics and stories. Engineers review the result and own it.
  5. Stay close to the architecture.I support principal engineers with architectural clarity and strong design reviews across teams.

Technical skills

Languages
Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, SQL
Frameworks
Spring, Spring MVC, Hibernate, React, Angular
Data
MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra
AI-assisted development
Cursor, Claude Code, OpenAI Codex
Delivery
REST APIs, CI/CD, Jenkins, Architecture and design reviews

Experience

  1. May 2026 to present

    VP of Engineering

    SkAI

    • Introducing AI-assisted software delivery and internal AI tooling for engineers.
    • Hands-on with AI coding assistants: Cursor, Claude Code and OpenAI Codex.
  2. March 2022 to May 2026

    Senior Director of Engineering

    Deposco

    • Directed engineering for the two highest-revenue product areas: engineers, QA and product owners.
    • Built standardized promotion plans and career paths for engineers and engineering leaders.
    • Wrote the standard practice for turning product requirements into epics and stories, using structured workflows and AI assistance alongside principal engineers.
    • Improved how much of a product area's output went to product features, through better planning, clearer ownership expectations and consistent execution.
    • Partnered with product leaders to align the roadmap, clarify requirements and improve predictability.
  3. April 2014 to May 2022

    Senior Lead Software Engineer

    Deposco

    • Project and team lead on a Spring MVC cloud warehouse management application.
    • Owned customer implementations end to end, from requirements to ongoing enhancements.
  4. May 2008 to April 2014

    Senior Software Engineer

    Clearleap (IBM Video Streaming)

    • Backend and UI components for a video streaming platform: ingest, transcoding, distribution and library management.
    • Mentored junior developers and worked with product and operations.
  5. August 2004 to December 2007

    Software Engineer Co-op

    Georgia Tech Research Institute

    • Java applications, simulation environments and testing tools for defense-related projects.

Georgia Institute of Technology, B.S. Computer Science, High Honors.

Contact

If you are building or rebuilding an engineering organization, I am glad to talk. Conversations are confidential.

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