Summary
Jake Tompkins is a software engineer with eight years of experience building greenfield products across startups and large tech environments, now contributing at Meta from San Jose. He brings full-stack and backend expertise—shaping event-driven, scalable systems during a contract supporting Amazon prototyping workflows and leading backend development at Symply. Comfortable shifting between roles and languages, he has delivered AR experiences in Unity/C# for corporate clients and managed immersive bootcamp operations in China, demonstrating both technical depth and cross-cultural leadership. With a recent BS in Computer Science and a background in Chinese studies, he pairs strong engineering chops with uncommon language and operational fluency that helps bridge product, people, and global teams.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Chinese, Chinese at Sichuan University
Bachelor's degree Chinese Studies, Bachelor's degree Chinese Studies at University at Albany
Genesee Valley Central School
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Western Governors University
Full Stack Web Development Computer Software Engineering, Full Stack Web Development Computer Software Engineering at Le Wagon
Chinese, Chinese at Sichuan Normal University Chengdu College
English, Chinese, Chinese