Jack Mielke
Summary
Design engineer and community builder passionate about crafting AI-native apps, agents and internal tools. Experience working deeply with people to solve hard problems in elegant ways, with advanced tools like Lovable, Supabase, Cursor, Figma, and N8N.
Explore my portfolio site at jackmielke.xyz, showcasing creative projects and interests.
Professional Experience
Digital Architect
July 2024 - CurrentRavishing Radish | Seattle, WA
- Led the rebrand and design of the new Radish website, including a custom CMS to manage menus, events, and content across the business.
- Architected and built a custom internal "operating system" with 20+ integrated apps for sales, logistics, staffing, and finances, consolidating 10+ fragmented tools into a single source of truth.
- Collaborated directly with leadership and on-the-ground teams to turn ad hoc spreadsheets and email workflows into reliable, AI-assisted processes.
Co-founder & Technical Lead
August 2025 - CurrentVibe Ventures | SF, Global
- Co-created the Vibe Code Residency at Edge City Patagonia for 15+ builders to explore AI-powered development in an immersive environment. The first cohort hosted 16 residents, 250+ visitors, 34+ events, and 15 demos at our Buildathon.
- Launched an X account and introduced VibeCoin as an experiment to sustainably investing in our builder ecosystem.
Fellowship Lead & Operations
August - November 2024Edge City Lanna | Chiang Mai, Thailand
- Ran Edge City's selective month-long fellowship program, reviewing applications, conducting 10+ interviews, and helping solve a wide variety of operational problems (including fending off a record Chiang Mai flood days before the event) with plenty of smiles
- Hosted daily "Build with AI" workshops throughout the month with 80+ total attendees to harness creativity and update folks (technical and non-technical) on the latest cutting edge AI tools
VIP Event Coordinator
August 2024Aleph Crypto Movement | Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Managed VIP invitations and event logistics for high-profile blockchain and crypto conference while strengthening connections within the international crypto community
Co-Founder & Technical Lead
September 2023 - January 2024Clutch Tutoring | Vancouver, CA
- Designed and built a web app connecting University of British Columbia students with vetted tutors in a format that felt like "Uber for your brain."
- Shipped end-to-end matching flows, messaging, and onboarding, enabling 20+ successful student–tutor matches and 150+ total users.
- Wound the product down after health issues from overwork, and carried the lessons forward into more sustainable, high-leverage ways of building.
Web Development Intern
Summer 2022Knack Shops | Seattle, Washington
- Contributed to front-end development for an e-commerce platform, shipping UI/UX improvements that made browsing and gifting smoother for customers.
- Collaborated with designers and engineers to translate Figma designs into production-ready components
Education and Extracurricular
ETHGlobal Finalist
November 2025Ranked top 10 out of 450+ projects at Ethereum's largest hackathon with Aqua0, a DeFi project exploring new user experiences for on-chain liquidity and financial flows.
Edge Esmeralda Scholar
June 2024Awarded a $1,000 grant from the 1517 Fund for an AI-native UX project exploring how new interfaces will change the future of our human-computer interactions.
University of British Columbia
2022 - 2024Studied psychology and cognitive systems. Active in high-agency communities including Novus, Atelier, and the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta.
Bainbridge High School
Graduate Class of 2021Varsity Football, Baseball, and Soccer