Jesse Bordoe
@jessebordoe
Experienced backend engineer with a passion for scalable systems.
GermanyWhat I'm looking for
With over 13 years of experience as a backend engineer, I specialize in building scalable APIs, real-time systems, and data pipelines using Ruby, Elixir, and Python. My mission is to empower product teams by delivering maintainable architectures and integrating infrastructure seamlessly, which ultimately enhances performance and customer satisfaction.
I thrive in async, cross-functional teams and remote-first environments, advocating for code quality, mentorship, and thoughtful collaboration. My recent role at On Running involved leading the design and deployment of a real-time order status service, significantly improving customer satisfaction. I am currently working on a personal project aimed at helping language learners generate high-quality flashcards using LLMs.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Backend Software Engineer
On Running
Jun 2023 - Jul 2024 (1 year 1 month)
Led design, development, and deployment of a real-time order status service for users, improving customer satisfaction. Built with Ruby, RabbitMQ, Sideki, and Kubernetes. Drove improved visibility of CRM integration through monitoring, stakeholder management, and pushing for data-driven decisions.
Senior Software Engineer
Highsnobiety
Oct 2019 - May 2023 (3 years 7 months)
Led data migration of 100,000 articles from Wordpress to DatoCMS, coordinating across backend, content, and infrastructure teams. Implemented the migration pipeline with Ruby, NodeJS, and Google PubSub. Designed and led improvements to core Elixir GraphQL API, leveraging Task supervision and ETS for asynchronous, batched loading of data, reducing API latency by over 70%.
Backend Developer
Highsnobiety
Feb 2017 - Oct 2019 (2 years 8 months)
Designed and built an Elixir GraphQL Content API handling 100-200 RPS, adding federation to integrate content and ecom, boosting shop engagement. Built a real-time ETL pipeline with Elixir and Kafka, decoupling frontend and CMS to enable a faster, more flexible user experience. Led dev tooling and convention definition for AWS to GCP/Kubernetes migration, improving team deployment speed and consis
Software Developer
tape.tv
Apr 2016 - Nov 2016 (7 months)
Built customer ticket API for concert streaming service using Hanami/Ruby. Integrated payments into the ticket API.
Perl Developer
Lokku
Nov 2013 - Feb 2016 (2 years 3 months)
Developed a classifier for an image processing system, rejecting tens of thousands of low-quality images daily, which increased user engagement on search results. Improved a business-critical listings deduplication neural network using feature selection analysis and overfitting detection, and created new internal tools for data creation and lookup. Rolled out in-house geo systems to two new countr
Software Engineer
LOVEFiLM/Amazon
Sep 2012 - Nov 2013 (1 year 2 months)
Facilitated migration from LOVEFiLM to Amazon by building a service aggregation layer.
Associate Perl Developer
LOVEFiLM
Sep 2011 - Sep 2012 (1 year)
Refactored customer rental-list feature, reducing latency. Built a configurable, customer-aware navigation module. Improved test coverage.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
ULUniversity College London
MEng Computer Science, Computer Science
2007 - 2011
Activities and societies: Exchange program at Chinese University of Hong Kong
Completed a Master of Engineering in Computer Science with an international program. The curriculum included an exchange program at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, providing a global perspective on computer science principles.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
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