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Akshay Jain
Entrepreneur & Startup Founder building at the intersection of AI, Cloud Infrastructure & Blockchain. Ex-Stripe • Ex-AWS.
I am an entrepreneur, software engineer, and distributed systems builder.
I love building scalable software and taking ambitious products from zero to one. During my engineering career, I scaled high-throughput core infrastructure at top tech companies.
At Stripe (Core Compute Org), I built a Go-based Debian package mirroring system that handled Black Friday / Cyber Monday traffic with zero incidents, and led a team of 4 engineers to cut AMI deployment incidents by 100%. At Amazon AWS (EC2 AutoScaling), I authored the EC2 Warm Pools feature to dramatically reduce instance launch latency.
Now, I am building SeptraAI (turning blogs into MCP servers so AI assistants can query and pay for creator knowledge), Tasklix (shared task board for autonomous agent fleets), and CoolBacker (community-first creative project funding platform).
Projects & Startups
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SeptraAI
— Monetize Knowledge for AI Assistants via MCP ServersSeptra turns your blog into Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, letting AI assistants access and pay for your knowledge. Helping content creators stay ahead of the AI curve.
Tasklix
— The shared task board for autonomous agent fleetsShared task board & orchestration platform for autonomous AI agent fleets, enabling AI agents to read, write, delegate, and track multi-agent tasks in real-time.
CoolBacker
— Community-First Creative Project FundingRevolutionizing creative project funding with a community-first platform that connects visionary creators with passionate backers, making innovative ideas accessible to everyone.
Work Experience
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Stripe
Software Engineer • Remote
Led key initiatives in the Core Compute Org to improve the reliability and efficiency of Stripe infrastructure.
- Designed and built a Go-based Debian package mirroring system, improving latency and reliability during high-traffic events like Black Friday and Cyber Monday with zero incidents.
- Led a team of 4 engineers to develop a safe AMI deployment process with health checks and canary tests, resulting in 100% reduction in AMI-related incidents.
- Proposed and evaluated strategic initiatives including LLM integration for operational burden reduction and OS migration planning.
Amazon (AWS)
Software Development Engineer • Vancouver
Part of the EC2 AutoScaling team, helping customers manage their EC2 instances with both development and operations responsibilities.
- Designed and implemented the Warm Pools feature, decreasing launch latency for EC2 instances.
- Built Custom Termination Policies providing fine-grained control over instance terminations.
- Made open-source contributions to the Terraform provider to support warm pools functionality.
Symantec Inc
DevOps Engineer • Toronto
Worked on Platform team at SurfEasy, managing a globally distributed VPN network of over 3,000 edge servers.
- Developed a high-volume streaming service in Go using Kinesis, Aurora, and EC2 for collecting usage information and server metrics.
- Built a discovery service for edge servers with high throughput ingestion, ranking, and REST APIs using Kinesis, Lambda, and DynamoDB.
- Set up CI/CD pipeline using GitLab for AWS deployments on Elastic Beanstalk, Lambda, and EKS with Terraform.
SAP Labs
Agile Developer (PEY) • Vancouver
Worked on the Data wrangling team on a BI platform, handling full application stack and integration points.
- Implemented asynchronous long workflows with session saving and failure recovery capabilities.
- Contributed to microservice redesign effort, creating API gateway for workflow orchestration.
TXIO Corp.
Software Engineer Intern • Toronto
Interned at a globally recognized leader in enterprise software solutions for financial markets.
- Created a JavaFX-based debugging tool for internal use with full system functionality on client side.
- Utilized advanced technologies including Bytecode Manipulation and Obfuscation.
Education
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