Jesse Cochran
Staff Software Engineer at Nextdoor
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJesse Cochran is a Staff Software Engineer in Seattle with a decade of experience building distributed systems, big data infrastructure, and high-volume web services at companies including Microsoft, Indeed, and Nextdoor. He has progressed from internships to senior and staff roles, demonstrating consistent impact on scalable production systems and cross-team technical leadership. Jesse combines deep engineering chops with product-minded execution—translating complex distributed requirements into reliable, performant services. His background spans both environmental science and computer science, reflecting a breadth of curiosity that informs pragmatic problem-solving. Based in Seattle, he’s known for taking on infrastructure-first challenges that improve reliability and throughput at scale.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at North Carolina State UniversityBachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at Appalachian State UniversityBachelor’s Degree Environmental Science, Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Science at Virginia Tech
c++, html/css, java, javascript, golang, python, scala, c#
Stackoverflow
70reputation
10kreached
3answers
2questions
Github Skills (61)
intellij10
python10
java10
dl4j10
linear-algebra10
hadoop9
jvm9
artificial-intelligence9
spark9
kubernetes9
scala9
gpu9
deeplearning4j9
clojure9
keras9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
NaturalFractals/awesome-tango
Aug 2017 - Aug 2017
Contributions:11 commits, 10 pushes in 7 days
NaturalFractals/3667UML
Feb 2017 - Apr 2018
Contributions:49 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
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