Jack Atherton
Interaction Software Engineer at Apple
Palo Alto, California, United States
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Top SchoolJack Atherton is an Interaction Software Engineer at Apple with 12 years of experience bridging technology, design, and the humanities to create interaction prototypes that promote human flourishing. Trained as a design researcher and PhD in computer-based music theory and acoustics from Stanford, he specializes in VR, interactive machine learning, real-time audio synthesis, and design for subjective well-being. His work blends rigorous research-through-design with practical engineering—past roles include HCI research at Adobe, creative self-expression and music-making research at Stanford, and performance-focused engineering internships at Facebook, Twilio, and Shazam. Jack is particularly focused on play and creative expression as pathways to thriving, and he measures success by whether a system tangibly improves happiness, agency, and moral inclusion. Based in Palo Alto, he combines deep technical skill with a philosophical grounding in virtue ethics and the capabilities approach, enabling experiences that are both technically robust and human-centered.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Computer Science, GPA: 3.99 / 4.0, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Computer Science, GPA: 3.99 / 4.0 at UC BerkeleyMaster of Arts (M.A.), Music, Science, and Technology, Master of Arts (M.A.), Music, Science, and Technology at Stanford University
Github Skills (37)
programming-language10
puredata10
synthesizer10
jack10
music-programming10
synthesis10
sequencer10
clap10
audio10
sampler10
computer-music10
music10
synth10
chuck10
artifact9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
lathertonj/chunity-vscode
Sep 2018 - Mar 2020
VSCode plugin for syntax highlighting in Chunity
Contributions:13 commits, 1 PR, 2 pushes in 1 year 5 months
visual-studio-codevscodevscode-extensionvisual-studio-code-extensionvscode-plugin
ccrma/chunity
Apr 2017 - Jun 2022
ChucK in Unity
Contributions:1 release, 272 commits, 15 pushes in 5 years 2 months
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