Summary
Jay Fenton is a senior software engineer based in Portland, Oregon, with 10 years of experience building high-performance C and C++ SDKs and implementing digital signal and image processing algorithms. He has a strong track record of translating MATLAB prototypes into production-grade, cross-platform libraries (macOS, Windows, Linux) and improving build systems with modern CMake to broaden platform support. Jay partners closely with research teams and customers to validate algorithms and deliver embedded-ready watermarking and signal-processing solutions. His recent roles include senior and staff engineering positions at Digimarc and a current senior engineer role at ZeroEyes, reflecting steady technical growth and domain focus. Outside of work he balances endurance pursuits like running and backpacking with meticulous hobbies like Lego-building, a hint at both persistence and attention to detail. With dual BS degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics from Oregon State, he brings rigorous analytical grounding to practical, performance-critical engineering.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Oregon State University