Summary
Jason Martens is a senior backend engineer with 14 years of experience building APIs and cloud-connected systems, currently driving backend work at Apple from Berkeley. His career spans high-impact roles at Zendesk, 3D Robotics, HERE, and embedded systems work at Rockwell Collins, giving him a rare blend of large-scale service design and low-level systems expertise. He’s comfortable across Python, JavaScript, SQL, and C/C++ and has repeatedly connected constrained hardware (drones, SDRs, embedded devices) to resilient cloud infrastructures. Known for pragmatic problem solving and shipping reliable APIs, he brings a systems-minded approach to performance, scalability, and operational robustness.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering at Northwestern University