# Jamie Turner

> Jamie Turner is the Seattle-based co-founder and CEO of Convex. Previously a principal engineer and senior engineering director at Dropbox and head of engineering at Bump, he builds and writes about databases, synchronization and tools that reduce backend complexity. His public work connects software design, open-source projects and the changing role of human developers as coding agents become more common.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at Convex
- **Organizations:** Convex, Dropbox, Bump
- **Known for:** Contributed to Dropbox’s Magic Pocket storage infrastructure, including a custom file system, and worked on rewriting its sync engine., Co-founded Convex with fellow Dropbox engineers James Cowling and Sujay Jayakar., Led Convex as it reported nearly 10,000 paying teams in April 2026.

## Career timeline

- **Late 1990s** — Began his software career as an intern; later recalled a senior engineer named Stan encouraging him to learn Python and vi.
- **Before 2013** — Head of Engineering at Bump, following leadership roles at other startups.
- **2013** — Joined Dropbox, where he worked on Magic Pocket storage infrastructure and later the sync engine.
- **Before 2021** — Became a Principal Engineer and Senior Engineering Director at Dropbox, leading the Business Platform and Storage / Databases groups.
- **2021** — Co-founded Convex with James Cowling and Sujay Jayakar; wrote its public introduction on November 2.
- **2024** — Published a detailed account of building his personal blog using Convex, TanStack and AI tools on December 31.
- **2026** — Announced Convex enterprise plans in April, the Abstract design conference in May, and a $57 million Series B in August.

## Achievements

- Contributed to Dropbox’s Magic Pocket storage infrastructure, including a custom file system, and worked on rewriting its sync engine.
- Co-founded Convex with fellow Dropbox engineers James Cowling and Sujay Jayakar.
- Led Convex as it reported nearly 10,000 paying teams in April 2026.
- Announced Convex’s $57 million Series B led by Insight Partners on August 4, 2026.
- Created open-source work in databases, networking and protocols, including the rolla key-value storage engine and haskell-scalable-server library.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Announced Convex’s $57 million Series B led by Insight Partners, with participation from Etna Labs, Spark Capital, a16z and Justin Kan.
- **2026-05** — Announced Abstract, a principled-design conference scheduled for September 2, 2026 at SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco, with no paid sponsorships.
- **2026-04** — Announced Convex for Enterprise and reported nearly 10,000 paying teams.
- **2026-03** — Appeared with James Cowling in the Databased episode Convex Still Sucks, published March 23.

## Links

- Website: https://jt.lol/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamwt
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/jamwt
- GitHub: https://github.com/jamwt

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Last updated: 2026-10-22