Summary
Jorge Olivares is a software engineer based in Menlo Park with roughly a decade of systems engineering and server-side development experience and eight years in software roles. He currently builds lead-generation ad products on Meta’s Business Messaging Ads team and formerly helped grow the Messenger Platform as an early platform engineer. Jorge pairs deep technical skills with four years of client-facing consulting experience and an MBA, enabling him to translate business needs into reliable production systems. Trained originally as a chemical engineer, he brings a cross-disciplinary approach that informs interests in data engineering, process control, and industrial automation. His background spans developer advocacy, business development, and hands-on engineering from startups to large-scale platform teams, making him comfortable at the intersection of product, developer experience, and operations. Colleagues describe him as someone who leverages diverse domain knowledge to solve practical problems that improve developer and business outcomes.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Bachelor of Engineering (BE) at Universidad Metropolitana (VE)
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Business Administration (MBA) at IESA
Lonoke High School
English, Spanish