Russ Jorgensen
Principal Software Engineer at MasterControl
Arvada, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolRuss Jorgensen is a Principal Software Engineer based in Arvada, Colorado, with deep backend and embedded systems expertise honed over decades at Google and Bell Laboratories and now applied to Java backend development at MasterControl. He helped architect and scale Google Drive, leading cross-functional teams, negotiating cross-team agreements, and mentoring engineers while delivering high-impact projects on schedule. Equally comfortable in low-level C for telecom/embedded products and high-scale Java services, he blends systems thinking with practical delivery across the full software lifecycle. Known for clear communication and technical stewardship, he has repeatedly taken ambiguous problems to production-ready solutions and guided teams through planning, estimation, and execution. Though his recent public footprint centers on backend work, his background in embedded R&D and formal engineering management gives him an uncommon perspective on performance, reliability, and customer-facing constraints. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic architecture, hands-on leadership, and an appetite for solving challenging engineering problems.
8 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
B.S. Computer Engineering, B.S. Computer Engineering at Iowa State UniversityAuburn High School, Auburn, NE
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Github Skills (26)
cloudflare9
dns9
vnc-server9
multiplexer8
x118
github-pages8
terminal-emulator8
subdomain6
windows6
browser6
linux6
sweet5
macos5
chromium5
ios4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ameridas/twin
Jun 2018 - Jun 2018
Text mode window environment. A "retro" program for embedded or remote systems, that doubles as X11 terminal and text-mode equivalent of VNC server
Contributions:21 pushes in 4 days
vnc-serverx11retroequivalentlinux
maverick-isa-dev/maverick-isa-dev.github.io
Apr 2023 - Apr 2023
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 day
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