Summary
Jason Boggess is a Staff Software Engineer with 12 years of cross-domain experience building mobile, native, and backend systems, currently contributing to Google from Erie, Colorado. He led Android/iOS and native C++ efforts at Fitbit—shipping voice streaming for Alexa, notification replies on wearables, and performance wins like halving iOS build times—after earlier platform and full‑stack work at PayPal. His background blends rigorous academic research (MIT Media Lab retinal imaging work that earned awards and a patent) with practical product delivery, from checkout systems to on-device vision prototypes. Comfortable across C++, Java, JavaScript, and mobile stacks, he has a knack for shipping tight, cross-platform integrations and rapid prototypes that make it into product roadmaps.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors of Science, Mechanical Engineering. Minors: Computer Science, and Mathematics, 3.99 (4.00 Engineering Core), Bachelors of Science, Mechanical Engineering. Minors: Computer Science, and Mathematics, 3.99 (4.00 Engineering Core) at Iowa State University
Master of Science, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Master of Science, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
High School, High School at Valley High School
English, Spanish