Jesse Ridgway
Engineering Manager at Braze
San Diego, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJesse Ridgway is an experienced engineering manager based in San Diego with 15 years building consumer products and leading cross-functional teams. He grew from Lead Android Developer to VP of Product Development at Bandsintown, where he launched a new Android codebase, led mobile and product teams, and helped create a distributed commerce platform that generated over $1M monthly. At Bandsintown he also coordinated a rapid live-streaming product launch in 2020 to preserve engagement during the pandemic, demonstrating strength in crisis-driven product strategy. More recently he has guided product discovery and MVP development as a Product Owner at Eido Studios and now manages engineering at Braze, blending hands-on technical judgment with product and business sensibility. With a BA in Political Science from UCLA, Jesse brings a uncommon mix of user-focused product instincts and scalable engineering leadership.
15 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Political Science and Government, Bachelor's degree, Political Science and Government at University of California, Los Angeles
English
Github Skills (63)
ios10
mobile-development10
windows10
app-framework10
skiasharp10
mobile-game10
cross-platform10
desktop10
material-design10
android10
skia10
mobile10
web-framework10
macos10
smooth10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
jmrboosties/Pokemon-MMO
Apr 2011 - Sep 2011
Contributions:78 commits in 4 months
jmrboosties/rise
Sep 2016 - Jan 2017
Contributions:16 pushes, 3 branches in 4 months
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