Jody Bailey

Jody Bailey leads product and technology at Stack Overflow, bringing together its product, design and engineering teams. His earlier leadership at AWS and Pluralsight centered on technical learning, and he writes about preserving developer understanding as AI accelerates software delivery.

Career

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Stack Overflow

Feb 2025 — Present

Chief Product and Technology Officer

Stack Overflow

Jun 2022 — Feb 2025

Chief Technology Officer

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Mar 2019 — Jul 2022

Director of Software Development

Pluralsight

CTO
Apr 2015 — Mar 2019
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
VP of Engineering
Oct 2014 — Apr 2015
Utah, United States

Adobe Workfront

Jan 2011 — Oct 2014

Vice President of Engineering

VERISIGN

Apr 2004 — Mar 2008

Director of Engineering

Fidelity Investments

Apr 1988 — Mar 2000

Sr. Project Manager

University of Utah

Bachelor's studies in physics

Products & media

techradar.com

Protecting understanding while AI accelerates coding

Jody argues that generating working code faster can leave teams with a widening gap in their understanding. He proposes treating comprehension as a deliverable through explanations, walkthroughs, hands-on learning and code reviews that test the developer’s reasoning.

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Jody Bailey

Stack Overflow

Stack Overflow

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Pluralsight

CTO

VP of Engineering

Adobe Workfront

VERISIGN

Fidelity Investments

University of Utah

Products & media

Protecting understanding while AI accelerates coding

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