Javier Perez

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Co-founder & COO at Arbor Studio | ex-Adobe

Arbor Studio
Columbus, OH · ET (UTC-5)
14+ years experience
University of Florida
English
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Overview

Co-founder & COO of Arbor Studio, working on developer tooling. Signed 122 paying customers, 19 of them enterprises. Most at home with Rust and open source. I tinker with 3D printers.

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Hiring our first founding engineer at Arbor Studio - Columbus

Role
Founding engineer
Level
Senior
Type
Contract
Work mode
Hybrid
Compensation
$149k-$198k
Team
Founding team, 5 people
Start
Within a month
Must have
Production experience with community Production experience with developer tools Clear written communication
Process
Two interviews and a paid trial day

Comp $172k-$251k. Three interviews over a week. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

Columbus, OHopen sourcerustdeveloper tools
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Experience

  1. Co-founder & COO
    May 2022 - Present
    Arbor Studio · 4 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Columbus, OH
    • Previously built and sold a small developer tooling company.
    • Raised $25 million across 2 rounds.
  2. Senior Consultant
    Feb 2019 - May 2022
    Adobe · 3 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Columbus, OH
    • Delivered 21 engagements across 7 countries.
    • Ran commercial diligence on 24 deals.
  3. Senior Consultant
    Jul 2016 - Feb 2019
    Lyft · 2 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Columbus, OH
    • Delivered 12 engagements across 6 countries.
  4. Consultant
    Mar 2013 - Jul 2016
    Databricks · 3 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Columbus, OH
    • Delivered 9 engagements across 5 countries.

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2026

What went wrong and what worked while scaling developer tooling.

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Education

  1. University of Florida
    BS, Engineering
    2008 - 2012

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