Candidate profile
Senior Systems and Graphics Performance Engineer
Description
Jesse is a competent generalist and lifelong learner with extensive experience across the entire stack, from low-level performance optimization (cycle-shaving hot loops, SIMD, modern hardware architectures including GPUs, multithreaded/async soft-realtime environments) to front-end web applications (JS, TS, WebGL, WASM). Their recent professional experience includes a year at a semiconductor startup, where they developed prototypes for an ISA, compiler, cycle simulator, and visual debugger. Jesse possesses a strong understanding of systems programming, compilers, 2D & 3D graphics, and performance. They are proficient in C, C++, OpenGL, and have working knowledge of interpreters, dynamic language runtimes, and garbage collectors. Jesse excels at transforming abstract product visions into working prototypes quickly and delivering valuable solutions. They are passionate about programming computers and identifying 80/20 solutions.