Summary
Jangmi Jo is a Staff Software Engineer based in Mountain View with a decade of experience building clean, efficient, and scalable software at Google after formative engineering roles at Khan Academy. She is known for relentless refactoring and performance-focused design, obsessively improving readability, memory, and runtime characteristics of production systems. A dedicated learner who immerses fully in projects, she balances deep technical ownership with a background in elementary education, bringing clarity and empathy to mentoring and cross-functional collaboration. Outside of code she paints, travels, and translates Korean novels to English, reflecting a creative curiosity that informs her approach to problem solving. She is motivated by impact on education and the environment, aiming to apply engineering craft to societal challenges.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Elementary Education and Teaching, Bachelor's degree, Elementary Education and Teaching at Korea National University of Education
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at App Academy
English, Korean