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JR Garbe

@jrgarbe

Software engineer and duoVR co-founder who shipped a GCP platform for adaptive streaming of 8GB+ 360° VR videos.

United States
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At duoVR, I engineered a GCP Cloud Run platform for streaming 8GB+ 360° VR videos, with automatic FFmpeg transcoding, adaptive streaming, and Unity SDK integration. As the sole developer, I shipped the platform from concept to production.

I also built reliability infrastructure for duoVR, including idempotent retry logic, dead-letter queues, and a comprehensive test suite. Cloud Build CI/CD enabled zero-downtime releases and 80% faster deployments.

At Shasta Union High School District, I built REST API integration modules that automated ticket queries and device management, reducing manual lookups by 80%. I also developed Clever Toolkit, a Chrome extension serving 15,000+ daily users.

On Crop Doctor, I fine-tuned a Gemma 3n multimodal model for crop disease classification and built a GCP deployment pipeline for model serving. I also built Levelation, a production psychological assessment SaaS with a scoring engine that feeds normalized assessment results into an AI model.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Co-Founder & Software Engineer

duoVR

Apr 2025 - Present (1 year 7 months)

Engineered a GCP Cloud Run platform for streaming 8GB+ 360° VR videos with automatic FFmpeg transcoding and multi-quality adaptive streaming. Built reliability infrastructure with idempotent retry logic and dead-letter queues, achieving zero-downtime releases and 80% faster deployments.

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Coding Instructor

theCoderSchool

Apr 2023 - May 2025 (2 years 1 month)

Mentored 150+ students (ages 8–18) in Python, Java, Scratch, and web development through 1-on-1 instruction. Developed structured curricula translating complex programming concepts for students from beginners to intermediate project builders.

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Software IT Technician

Shasta Union High School District

May 2022 - Aug 2023 (1 year 3 months)

Built REST API integration modules automating ticket queries and device management across school districts, reducing manual lookups by 80%. Developed Clever Toolkit, a Chrome extension serving 15,000+ daily users.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

University of California, Berkeley logoUB

University of California, Berkeley

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

Grade: 3.85 (in-major)

Activities and societies: Undergraduate Researcher, ACE Lab (Dan Garcia)

Graduated with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, with a GPA of 3.85 in-major, and served as an Undergraduate Researcher in the ACE Lab.

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