Jorge Betancourt
Software Engineer at Google
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJorge Betancourt is a software engineer with nine years of experience, currently building products at Google after graduating from Georgia Tech. He blends front-end engineering chops—demonstrated by contributions to Google’s Skia 2D graphics library and Skottie animation playback—with applied research experience in robotics and biomedical sensing from his work on exoskeletons and EMG data acquisition. Comfortable across the stack, Jorge has shipped features for the Play Store, worked on Chrome OS for Chromebooks, and taught perception and robotics courses, translating academic concepts into production-ready systems. He’s driven by continuous learning and applies creative problem-solving to bridge ML, embedded systems, and user-facing interfaces. Based in Raleigh, NC, he brings a rare mix of graphics, robotics, and product engineering experience to projects that intersect public good and practical deployment.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology
Github Skills (9)
android10
skia10
java9
ui-design9
front-end-development9
uid9
javas9
c-language8
cprogramming-language8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
google/skia
Jun 2020 - Jan 2023
Skia is a complete 2D graphic library for drawing Text, Geometries, and Images.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:124 commits in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Jorge focused on developing and improving the Android-based Skia library, specifically around the Skottie animation playback component. Their contributions centered on building features within the Skottie library for handling and rendering animations from various sources. This included converting build instructions, refactoring the library, and implementing core playback controls. The user also implemented testing features and added UI components to the sample application.
drawingtext-drawingskia2dopengl
jbeta51/4455-Video-Game-Design
Jan 2019 - Apr 2019
Repo for 4455(Video Game Design) at Georgia Tech during the Spring 2019 semester
Contributions:9 pushes, 3 branches in 2 months
game-designgeorgiasemestervideo-gamegeorgia-tech
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