Jey Flores (they/them)

Throughout a 20+ year career, Jey Flores (they/them) has always believed in the power of technology to uplift and empower individuals and communities. At Code for America, Jey leads Product Engineering, building the shared AI and platform infrastructure that lets delivery teams ship government-scale technology responsibly.

Before joining Code for America, Jey led app development at Bandcamp, providing meaningful connection—and income—to independent music artists around the globe. They also managed Bandcamp’s internship and apprenticeship programs and served as a program lead for Epic Games’ LGBTQIA+ employee resource group. Across their career, they’ve overseen complex data labeling pipelines for self-driving cars, built free math education tools for grade schoolers, and helped hundreds of adult learners launch careers in software development through Ada Developers Academy and the University of Washington.

They’ve also been a county parks employee, telemarketer, teaching assistant, and spent a particularly sticky summer cleaning enclosures at a rescue zoo. Along the way, they co-founded two tech conferences (Open Source & Feelings, Steel City Ruby), spoke at conferences around the world, and bought a little house with a big garden in Seattle.

On sunny days, you’ll find Jey in that garden or at a local park with their partner and their elderly chihuahua. Jey is also an avid bread baker, music enthusiast (ask about their record collection), and fiber artist.