Jen Overgaag
Senior Software Engineer at Recidiviz
Oakland, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJen Overgaag is a Senior Software Engineer with a decade of experience building full-stack, data-driven tools to inform decisions and drive social impact, currently applying her skills at Recidiviz. She combines deep engineering chops—from AWS data pipelines and Redux-frontends to microservices—with a rare field-proven background in rapid disaster-response network deployments and low-power rural connectivity. Jen has led cross-cultural teams on large-scale connectivity projects (schools, clinics, municipalities) and translated complex technical requirements into practical, testable systems and templates for non-technical stakeholders. Her work blends product-minded engineering (data readiness, automation, and monitoring) with hands-on networking certifications and field operations, enabling both scalable software and resilient infrastructure. An artist and dancer who intentionally brings unconventional thinking to technical problems, she focuses on projects that tackle inequity and climate resilience. Based in Oakland, she pairs systems-level design with pragmatic execution to turn messy real-world constraints into reliable, impactful solutions.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Github Skills (22)
javascript10
django10
css10
data-platform10
nodejs10
reform10
scenarios9
ruby9
ruby-on-rails9
modeling9
web-development9
html9
spread8
react8
dashboard8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
Recidiviz/pulse-dashboard
Sep 2020 - Aug 2022
Dashboard for tracking and setting goals around criminal justice metrics
Contributions:38 releases, 1030 reviews, 601 PRs in 1 year 11 months
criminal-justicegoalsreactsettingtracking
Recidiviz/web-libraries
Apr 2021 - Feb 2025
Packages shared across the Recidiviz web platform.
Contributions:4 releases, 18 reviews, 9 PRs in 3 years 10 months
web-platform
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