Jason Walker

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Principal Software Engineer with over 15 years of experience in developing highly-scalable full-stack software, implementing devops processes, and leading engineering teams. I have proven track record in shipping products that span embedded and cloud technologies in the logistics, aerospace, and autonomous vehicles industries.

Cruise

2023 - Present:

Senior Staff Software Engineer - AV Remote Platform

  • Developed triple-redundant connectivity software for autonomous vehicles ensuring reliable cloud service communication.

  • Built comprehensive data analytics pipeline to monitor fleet connectivity health, predict low-connectivity areas, and identify hardware/software regressions.

  • Led cross-functional team of a dozen engineers spanning embedded and cloud software disciplines.

Technologies used: Rust, TypeScript, Go, GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform

Amazon.com

2021 - 2023:

Principal Software Engineer - Project Kuiper

  • Developed embedded software build tools for satellite and ground-based devices.

  • Implemented CI/CD pipelines for 24+ FPGA boards, using Docker, AWS CodeBuild, and internal build tools.

  • Established devops culture across multiple FPGA teams, including code review and on-call processes.

2018 - 2021:

Principal Software Engineer - Robotics Advanced Technology

  • Integrated material handling equipment to automate logistic processes across Amazon’s fulfillment network.

  • Pioneered developing automated workcells built on AWS serverless technologies, including Lambda, IoT, QLDB, and GraphQL.

  • Designed and developed a work orchestration platform responsible for load-balancing order fulfillment processes across automated and manual workcells.

  • Partnered with our Controls Engineers to introduce devops processes and tools for PLCs and embedded systems.

  • Mentored engineers and actively participated in hiring and promotion processes.

2012 - 2018:

Senior Software Engineer - ReCommerce

  • Developed the back-end services and logistics tools for routing Amazon’s damaged and overstock inventory to optimal destinations.

  • Designed, developed, tested, and supported software used by thousands of employees in 11+ countries, and selling to millions of customers world-wide.

  • Designed and built the infrastructure components that run the majority of the team’s software, including:

    • A document database built on DynamoDB, S3, and Kinesis.

    • A business rules engine that processes thousands of requests per second.

  • Led a team of approximately 60 SDEs to consistently improve software quality:

    • Increased the average test coverage from 10% to above 75% across hundreds of software packages.

    • Implemented a continuous deployment process for 100+ interdependent services.

    • Reduced high severity tickets from over 400 per year to under 100.

Technologies used: Java, Kotlin, Python, TypeScript, Oracle, AWS

Bodybuilding.com

2011 - 2012:

Senior Software Engineer - Logistics

  • Developed and maintained the in-house order management system, warehouse management system, internal web apps, and other mission-critical logistics software.

  • Led the implementation of a business-to-business communication layer with a third-party logistic vendor, resulting in the establishment of the company’s first international warehouse.

  • Redesigned and modernized the team’s data layer, resulting in faster and more testable code.

  • Organized the team’s professional development efforts, including a weekly developer training lunch.

Technologies used: C#, ASP.NET MVC, SQL Server, Microsoft BizTalk, AS2, EDI

Blackfin Technology

2005 – 2011:

Software Engineer - Web Development

  • Responsible for developing web applications on ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, and PHP frameworks.

  • Worked with designers to create usable, standards-compliant web designs in HTML and CSS.

  • Developed rich client-side interfaces using JavaScript with jQuery and Prototype.

  • Implemented data access layers using a variety of Object-Relational Mapping tools for .NET including nHibernate and LINQ to SQL.

  • Created components that were reused on a variety of projects including an automatic bug reporting component, an HTML to PDF/PowerPoint converter, a RETS client, and a library of commonly used C# and JavaScript code.

  • Helped lead Blackfin’s continuing education program, including giving several presentations on new technologies and design practices – both internally and at Boise’s Code Camp.

Technologies used: C#, ASP.NET MVC, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, WPF, XML/XSLT, SQL Server, RavenDB

Education

2005:

B.S. Computer Science - Florida State University

2002:

A.A. Honors - University of North Florida

Volunteering

2024 – Present:

Board Chair - CYC Community Sailing Center

2022 - 2024:

Director - Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle

2020 - 2021:

Regional Training Coordinator - Baden-Powell Service Association

2018 - 2021:

Group Scoutmaster - 517th Shilshole