About

Jay Bongi is a Technical Recruiter at Hivemapper, a Silicon Valley venture-backed company that is revolutionizing the way maps are built by creating a decentralized map using data crowdsourced from their community of mobile app and dashcam users. With over 3.6 years of relevant experience, Jay is responsible for building a strong engineering team at Hivemapper, and he is currently hiring software engineers to help with this mission. Jay is passionate about championing all the candidates he works with and believes that they are more than just a resume or profile. He strives to ensure that his inbox is always open to help people achieve their career goals. Prior to joining Hivemapper, Jay worked as a Technical Recruiter at a range of tech companies, from rapid growth startups to well-established engineering teams. He has experience in full-cycle recruiting, from sourcing to offer. Jay holds a Bachelor's degree from Oberlin College, where he graduated in 2018, and a Kelly Writer's House Journalism Associate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, which he obtained in 2016. Jay is well-versed in a range of technologies, including decentralised systems, blockchain, Spark, machine learning, and mobile development. He is interested in solving hard problems in mapping, blockchain, remote sensing, edge computing, 3D reconstruction, distributed systems, or machine learning. If you are interested in joining Hivemapper's team or want to learn more about the company, Jay invites you to check out their Careers page at jobs.lever.co/hivemapper or send him a message.