Jared Updike
Software Engineer at TheBrain Technologies
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Top SchoolJared Updike is a seasoned software engineer in Los Angeles with 14 years of experience building performant, graphics- and ML-oriented applications across C#, C++, Python, and OpenGL. He has shipped cross-platform, multi-threaded UI controls and visualization systems that handle massive datasets and multiple input modalities, and has authored thin native graphics wrappers to maximize code reuse. His background spans studio and research environments—DreamWorks and Pixar to clinical retinal imaging—where he translated artist and clinical workflows into production tools. An active contributor to open-source tooling, he streamlined SVG text-to-path processing in the Standard Ebooks toolset to remove external dependencies and improve font/glyph handling. Jared blends low-level graphics and compiler-level thinking with practical product integration, often surfacing elegant engineering trade-offs that reduce operational complexity.
14 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Art Center College of DesignMesa Mountain View High SchoolCalifornia Institute of Technology
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Github Skills (16)
epub10
svg10
python10
image-processing10
lxml9
font-face9
fonts9
algorithm9
xml9
regex8
flood-fill6
functional-programming6
javascript6
editor6
paradigms6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
standardebooks/tools
Jul 2017 - Mar 2020
The Standard Ebooks toolset for producing our ebook files.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 2 PRs, 6 comments in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Jared primarily focused on enhancing the SVG text-to-paths functionality within the project's image processing tools. They addressed issues with XML formatting, improved class attribute handling, and removed dependencies on external tools like Inkscape. Key contributions involved refactoring and cleaning up code related to SVG parsing, font handling, and glyph rendering to streamline the process and reduce external dependencies.
ebookebookspythonebook-filesepub
jupdike/LibreBaskervilleNew
Mar 2021 - Mar 2021
New weights and modifications to Pablo Impallari's Libre Baskerville.
Contributions:4 commits, 3 pushes in 6 days
libremodificationsweightspablo
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