Pete Jackson

Engineering Leader & Developer

I build high-performance engineering teams and scalable systems. Currently crafting developer tools in Rust and running a family farm in New Hampshire.

About

I'm an engineering leader with over 15 years of experience building and scaling software teams. My career spans fintech, cannabis tech, and enterprise consulting, where I've led teams from 6 to 40+ engineers while delivering mission-critical payment systems and banking platforms.

My technical foundation is in Ruby on Rails, but these days I spend most of my personal project time writing Rust. I'm particularly interested in systems programming, developer tools, and Linux desktop applications.

Outside of tech, I run Tanglewood Farm in New Hampshire with my family. We raise horses, chickens, and grow hay and vegetables.

Current Projects

Experience

Director of Engineering

LeafLink 2022 - 2024
  • Led end-to-end delivery of a greenfield Banking as a Service platform with Valley Bank partnership
  • Built and scaled multiple engineering teams across Banking, Payments, and Platform domains
  • Conducted M&A technical due diligence for fintech acquisition, assessing 6+ codebases
  • Established enterprise-grade architecture review processes and engineering standards

Engineering Manager / Technical Lead

Dutchie 2019 - 2022
  • Architected and led development of DutchiePay, the company's in-house payment processing platform
  • Grew payments team from 6 to 15+ engineers across multiple squads
  • Led technical integration of acquired companies (LeafLogix, Greenbits)
  • Built secure storage, ACH batching, fraud detection, and accounting systems
  • Company grew from $1.7B to $3.75B valuation during tenure

Founder & Principal Consultant

FasterAgile 2014 - 2019
  • Provided software development consulting and team augmentation for enterprise clients
  • Specialized in Ruby on Rails, cloud architecture, and agile transformation
  • Delivered solutions for clients in finance, retail, and media industries

Technical Expertise

Languages

Rust, Ruby, Python, TypeScript, SQL

Frameworks

Rails, ratatui, iced, React

Infrastructure

AWS, ZFS, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kubernetes

Domains

Fintech, Payments, Banking, Developer Tools

Get in Touch

I'm always interested in hearing about interesting projects, leadership opportunities, or just connecting with fellow developers.