Summary
Bruce Jarvis is a seasoned technology leader with over 25 years of experience building and guiding infrastructure, DevOps, and software delivery across cloud-native and on-prem environments. He is currently Director of Engineering, Platform Group at Taskrabbit, steering foundational technologies and multiple teams to boost development velocity, reliability, and platform flexibility. His prior roles include Engineering Director, Infrastructure and DevOps at Dolly Inc and Director of Infrastructure and Reliability Engineering at Kochava, with hands-on expertise in Kubernetes, serverless, big data, and enterprise IT operations. Bruce's career spans SpinDance, LeanLogistics, and Brain North America, where he led cross-functional teams including IT, SRE, DBAs, and software engineers, and drove formal change management and scalable infrastructure initiatives. Outside of technology, he has contributed as a founding member of the Michigan Ballet Academy Board of Directors, illustrating governance experience and a commitment to community. Based in Gig Harbor, Washington, he holds degrees in Computer Science from Hope College and The University of Akron.
8 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at The University of Akron
B.S., Computer Science, B.S., Computer Science at Hope College
English, Spanish