Summary
Jesse Cooper is a Senior Software Engineer based in San Diego with a decade of hands-on experience shipping full-stack web and mobile products across startups and scale-ups. He blends practical front-end craftsmanship (React, modern patterns, component libraries) with backend and mobile experience (Ruby, native Android/iOS, React Native) and a track record of leading refactors and CI/quality improvements. At companies like Calendly, Root, and QuotaPath he’s focused on making teams more effective—mentoring, teaching, and driving architectural clarity as much as writing code. His background in tutoring and as a teaching assistant shows a genuine aptitude for explaining complex concepts and improving team processes. Not obvious from titles alone: he repeatedly modernized legacy stacks (SCSS, tooling, editors) to boost developer productivity and consistency.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Game Design and Development, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Game Design and Development at Rochester Institute of Technology
Associate of Science (A.S.), Computer Science - Engineering Sequence, Associate of Science (A.S.), Computer Science - Engineering Sequence at Tompkins Cortland Community College
English