Summary
Jesse Dejong is a software engineer with a decade of experience building scalable systems, currently working on Managed Kafka at Google in New York. He has a strong background in systems and infrastructure from internships and roles across Google, Meta, Palantir, and State Farm, and holds a BS in Mathematics and Computer Science from UT Austin. His work includes C++ services for data-center cooling optimization with DeepMind, end-to-end full-stack projects from STEP, and production-focused features that improved performance and automation in enterprise apps. Comfortable across C++, Java, and web stacks, he blends practical engineering with research-minded analysis and a history of writing design docs and shipping in large, feedback-driven codebases. Notably, he has repeatedly moved from prototyping to production at scale, demonstrating an ability to pair analytic rigor with product impact.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Mathematics and Computer Science at The University of Texas at Austin