John Snelgrove is a pragmatic, product-focused Staff Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building recommendation systems and shipping production software at Indeed. Based in the Greater Seattle Area, he has progressed through roles from junior engineer to staff while applying a blend of cognitive-science-informed thinking and practical engineering to improve user-facing product relevance. His background in computational cognitive science and music technology gives him a distinctive perspective on pattern recognition, human-centered design, and signal processing in machine-learned systems. Outside of work he pursues improvisational jazz guitar and tinkers with robotics, reflecting a habit of combining creative experimentation with technical rigor. Colleagues value him for turning complex research ideas into reliable, product-ready features that measurably improve user outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA Computational Cognitive Science, Bachelor of Arts - BA Computational Cognitive Science at Brown University
Master’s Degree Music Technology, Master’s Degree Music Technology at Berklee College of Music
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John Snelgrove - Staff Software Engineer at Indeed.com