Jimmy Baker

Principal / Senior Software Engineer

About

I'm a Tennessee based Full Stack Software Engineer, currently working at HubSpot helping millions of organizations grow better. In my free time, you can catch me playing with my kids, cooking, running, or golfing.

Accomplished Senior Software Engineer with 20 years of experience in developing innovative software solutions across diverse industries, including tech giants like HubSpot, Uber, and Salesforce. Currently shipping AI-powered features at HubSpot, enhancing the Sequences product and building intelligent sales tools. Formerly the Membership Growth team lead at Uber Technologies, where I spearheaded the launch of Uber One, achieving 30 million global members and enhancing user engagement through strategic product features. Proven expertise in designing event-driven systems, optimizing application performance, and mentoring engineering teams to foster collaboration and efficiency.

Location

Murfreesboro, TN

Experience

20+ Years

Education

Middle Tennessee State University

Interests

Cooking, Running, Golfing, Music

Experience

July 2025 — Present

Senior Software Engineer II

HubSpot

Shipping high-impact features for HubSpot's Sequences product, building AI-powered sales tools that help millions of organizations grow better.

  • Shipped the new Prospecting Agent, an AI-powered tool that automates sales prospecting workflows
  • Built email templates with Smart Blocks, enabling dynamic and personalized email content at scale
  • Delivered numerous improvements to the Sequences product, enhancing reliability and user experience
  • Collaborated cross-functionally to drive product innovation in the sales automation space

March 2021 — May 2025

Senior Software Engineer - Product

Uber Technologies

Led the Membership Growth team to enhance user engagement and satisfaction through the innovative development of key product features for the Rides and Eats applications.

  • Launched Uber One — Uber's mobility and delivery membership program with 30M+ global members
  • Designed and architected event-driven systems processing millions of events per hour
  • Developed membership upsells seen by millions of people daily across the world
  • Created membership benefits including Rides cashback, discounts on Eats orders, and latest arrival guarantee
  • Optimized codebase for scalability and performance, reducing application load times by 30%
  • Served as primary on-call engineer, maintaining high service availability for millions of users
  • Mentored junior team members in engineering best practices

July 2020 — March 2021

Senior Software Engineer

Postmates

Built new features for the merchant portal and led the development of Postmates Unlimited membership program.

  • Led development of Postmates Unlimited, increasing user engagement by 40%
  • Created Visa partnership feature for free Postmates Unlimited
  • Optimized codebase using GraphQL and Apollo, reducing load times by 25%
  • Mentored junior engineers on best practices

August 2017 — April 2020

Principal Software Engineer

BillFixers

Built the core technology platform for a bill negotiation service (acquired by Experian).

  • Created GraphQL API for internal, customer, and partner-facing applications
  • Built web scraper for automated bill collection
  • Developed partner portal and API for third parties like Honey

August 2014 — July 2020

Co-Founder & Principal Software Engineer

Cohub

Co-founded and built a multi-tenant business operations management platform.

  • Built platform with omni-channel sales, inventory management, e-commerce, and POS features
  • Created iPad Point-of-sale app using React Native with GraphQL backend
  • Achieved PCI certification as a TSYS/Cayan partner
  • Built custom ElasticSearch index for faceted search capabilities

January 2012 — August 2014

Member of Technical Staff

Salesforce

Worked on Desk.com, a customer support platform.

  • Built the Desk.com V2 REST API
  • Contributed to new Support Agent application using Angular
  • Led development of analytics dashboard
Skills

Technical

TypeScriptJavaScriptReactReact NativeGraphQLGoRubyPostgreSQLNode.jsPythonApache KafkaREST APIs

Leadership

Team LeadershipMentorshipSystem DesignLarge Scale DeploymentsCross-functional CollaborationTechnical Strategy
Testimonials

"Jimmy is brilliant. He lights up at a technical challenge and consistently and miraculously comes up with clever solutions to complex coding problems. As a non-technical person, the highest praise I can give is to say that in conversation after conversation, he's the guy other developers look up to as exceptional. He's also easy to work with—collaborative, open to feedback, and capable of changing gears on short notice. In two years working together, he's built or improved every single part of our product, both front and backend. He's been a huge part of our success and continues to impress me with every project. I couldn't recommend Jimmy more highly."

Ben Kurland

Senior Director of Strategy & Growth @ Experian

"His performance was nothing short of stellar. As a fully remote employee several time zones away, he was always reachable, had exceptional productivity, and was universally recognized as a team leader. His design skills were extremely solid and he ensured high code quality."

Steve Comstock

Engineering Manager @ Uber Technologies

"Jimmy Baker has more talent than any developer I've worked with. He led our team to create an extremely robust product. His ability to solve a technically complex problem with ease and sophistication is uncanny."

Sloan Dokken

Care Delivery @ Charlie Health

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