Jesse Bounds
Software Engineer at Notion
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolJesse Bounds is a seasoned software engineer and engineering leader with 14 years of experience building mobile-first products across quantitative finance, news, digital mapping, and enterprise collaboration. He’s led cross-functional and remote teams at Slack and Apple to deliver iOS and Android features, including heading Slack’s Mobile AI team to integrate LLM-powered experiences. Hands-on throughout his career, Jesse contributed core iOS work to the widely used Mapbox GL Native project—improving annotation handling, telemetry, and performance—while also managing SDK and AR initiatives at Mapbox. Comfortable shifting between IC and management roles, he combines low-level C++/Objective-C expertise with Swift and modern mobile architectures. Based in San Francisco, he brings a pragmatic, product-focused approach that blends technical depth with measurable outcomes in user activation and retention.
14 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Information Systems, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Information Systems at University of Colorado Boulder
Spanish
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Github Skills (10)
objective-c10
map-box10
ios10
telemetry10
mapbox-gl10
swift9
ui-design8
websocket6
mongodb6
meteor6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
mapbox/mapbox-gl-native
Jan 2016 - Feb 2018
Interactive, thoroughly customizable maps in native Android, iOS, macOS, Node.js, and Qt applications, powered by vector tiles and OpenGL
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:22 releases, 204 commits, 334 PRs in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Jesse primarily contributed to the iOS codebase of the Mapbox GL Native repository, focusing on the implementation and improvement of features related to map annotations and telemetry. Their contributions included refactoring annotation view update logic, introducing new annotation view initializers, enhancing the handling of data-driven styling, and optimizing the upload of telemetry events to improve app performance. Furthermore, the user was also involved in addressing build-related issues and improving documentation for the project.
mapbox-glios-androidc-plus-plusmap-matchinggeopackage
boundsj/boundsj.github.io
Mar 2023 - Apr 2025
Contributions:479 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 1 month
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