Jake Cooper
Jake Cooper
Founder at Railway — just trying to build some cool stuff.
Projects
Ideas brought to life. A look at the products, companies, and creative works built from the ground up.
Railway (company & platform)
Developer-first cloud platform that automates infrastructure provisioning, deployments, scaling and connected services via a developer-friendly interface and a visual "canvas". Focuses on reducing developer friction and making compute accessible.
Railway Canvas & Template Marketplace
Key product experiences (the Canvas) that sped user growth by making it easy to create and connect services; a Template marketplace to share reusable setups and integrations.
Open-source and personal projects (GitHub: jakecooper)
Personal and community repositories (examples: Tassel, WebComponentKit, OnePlusTwoBot) showing contributions to developer tooling and frontend libraries.
In the Spotlight
A collection of articles, interviews, and viral content where achievements have been shared.
Recognitions
Formal validation from the top. A showcase of official awards, grants, and government acknowledgements.
Series A funding — $20M (Redpoint Ventures lead)
May 2022Railway raised a $20M Series A led by Redpoint Ventures with participation from Unusual Ventures and prominent angels (Guillermo Rauch, Tom Preston-Werner, etc.).
LinkedIn-listed student & hack awards
2013–2015Multiple competition and scholarship recognitions listed on LinkedIn: Best use of API (CA Technologies, Mar 2015); Best use of Google API (Google, Mar 2015); Runner Up (nwHacks, Mar 2015); 2nd Place (Microsoft Campus Coding Challenge, Jan 2014); BC Provincial Scholarship Award; University of Victoria Dean's Entrance Scholarship.
Public company growth milestones
2021–2023Public statements from the company and interviews note rapid user/revenue growth, scale of template marketplace and enterprise traction as milestones.
Work Experience
Key roles that defined the journey.
Founder & CEO — Railway
Founded and leads Railway, a platform to simplify cloud deployments for developers, overseeing product, growth, and fundraising.
Software Engineer — Wolfram Alpha
Listed in press coverage as part of Cooper's early engineering career prior to founding Railway.
Software Engineer — Bloomberg
Listed in press coverage as part of Cooper's early engineering career prior to founding Railway.
Software Engineer — Uber
Listed in press coverage as part of Cooper's early engineering career prior to founding Railway.
Membership
Affiliations and memberships in prestigious organizations and communities.
Education
Academic foundation and learning journey.
University of Victoria
Undergraduate (field not listed on LinkedIn)
Socials
Connect and explore.