Jeff Bowen
Principal Data Engineer
Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJeff Bowen is a Principal Data Engineer with 25+ years in engineering and over a decade of deep impact at Automattic, where he has architected and operated large-scale distributed systems for clients like NASA, Whitehouse.gov, Time, Salesforce, and Meta. He blends hands-on development and leadership, evolving from data scientist to principal roles while building high-performing teams and championing operational excellence, observability, and incident response. Technically fluent across Python, Go, Node/TypeScript, SQL, AWS, Kafka, Spark, Docker/Kubernetes, and the WordPress/PHP stack, he routinely designs real-time pipelines processing billions of events daily with 99.9%+ uptime. An active contributor to flagship WordPress projects such as Jetpack and Calypso, his work spans security fixes, API improvements, and front-end UX enhancements that improve site reliability and editor workflows. Based in Jacksonville, FL, he thrives at the intersection of engineering, product, and business and quickly groks new languages and complex codebases. Beyond infrastructure, he’s passionate about usability, automation, and applying AI/ML to practical product problems.
13 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
BS, IS, BS, IS at Florida State UniversityMS (on hold), CS, MS (on hold), CS at University of North Florida
English, French
Github Skills (13)
plugin-development10
wordpress10
rest-api10
php10
javascript10
react10
redux10
jsx10
security8
nodejs7
typescripts3
typescript3
typescript-types3
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
Automattic/wp-calypso
Jan 2016 - Mar 2020
The JavaScript and API powered WordPress.com
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:256 commits, 466 PRs, 869 pushes in 4 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Jeff primarily worked on front-end components within the WordPress.com Calypso repository, as evidenced by the changes in `.jsx` and `.tsx` files. They implemented new checklist features, updated existing UI elements like the plans page, and modified the media library. Furthermore, the user addressed issues related to the block editor and integrated the checklist into customer home pages, indicating a focus on improving the user experience and site management interface.
apireactwordpressjavascriptes6
Automattic/jetpack
Oct 2012 - Jan 2020
Security, performance, marketing, and design tools — Jetpack is made by WordPress experts to make WP sites safer and faster, and help you grow your traffic.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:67 commits, 34 PRs, 59 pushes in 7 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Jeff primarily contributed to the Jetpack plugin by implementing and refining core functionalities related to infinite scroll, Twitter card integration, and REST API. Their work involved modifying PHP code to enhance the behavior and performance of existing features. They also fixed an XSS issue within the After the Deadline (ATD) module, ensuring the security of the plugin. Additionally, the user added support for the language setting within the API and modified the masterbar.
reactexpertswordpressphpsecurity
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