# Gregory P.

> Software Engineer

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/gregoryp

I'm a software engineer. I'm also a writer.

I love thinking about difficult problems. I'm passionate about communicating complex ideas in clear and effective language.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ TruckSmarter
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States

### Contract Technical Writer @ Webtide
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023
Consulted on documentation for the Jetty web server.

### Software Engineer @ Twitter
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
Software Engineer on the Development Environment team, which owned:
* Docbird, a Sphinx-powered internal documentation platform;
* go/find, an ElasticSearch-powered internal search tool;
* GoLinks, a Rails-based link-redirection service; and
* MDE, a macOS app for distributing internal command-line tools to developers’ laptops.

Engineering responsibilities included:
* Designing and implementing new product features
* UI/UX testing
* Infosec policy compliance
* Code migrations
* Improvements to the team’s testing, deployment, and observability infrastructure

### Technical Writer @ Twitter
Jan 2016 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco
Documentarian-at-large for the TechDocs team, helping customers across the engineering organization improve their internal docs and information architecture. Responsibilities included:
* Writing and editing docs
* Interviewing subject matter experts
* Running usability studies
* Developing doc templates and guidelines
* Delivering documentation improvement plans to teams

Teaching and leadership experience included:
* Mentoring two summer interns
* Teaching classes for Twitter’s engineering onboarding program, Engineering Flight School
* Developing a course ("Tech Writing for Developers") to teach writing skills to technical employees

### Contract Technical Writer @ LiveRamp, An Acxiom Company
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016
- Migrated and organized customer-facing knowledge base from Confluence into elev.io.
- Edited, rewrote, and created 100+ knowledge base articles.
- Drafted change management documentation in compliance with SOC2 standards.

### Associate Editor @ No Starch Press
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014
- Editor of books on technical topics, primarily in programming. (Sample titles: How So ware Works, Automate the Boring Stuff with Python.)
- Ensured manuscripts were interesting, well-organized, full of helpful examples, and targeted the intended audience.
- Edited manuscripts for grammar, clarity, and style.
- Scouted and solicited domain experts to review manuscripts for technical accuracy, and facilitated communication between these tech reviewers and authors.
- Scouted new authors and manuscripts, ultimately signing a title on the Go programming language.

### Software Engineer @ LiveRamp
Jan 2009 – Jan 2012
- Experience working on a small engineering team (~20 people) in an agile startup environment.
- Extensive work with Ruby on Rails, Java, and Javascript.
- Designed and implemented the company’s first online charting and analytics product.
- Devised and implemented a state-of-the-art technique for data anonymization.
- Built the back-end for an email verification API product.
- Implemented a mission-critical message queueing system for syncing data with external servers.
- Was company’s “CEO of Fun”, in charge of organizing weekly game nights, movie nights, and other events.
- Mentored two summer interns and three new hires.

### Co-founder @ Fantastic Bonanza
Jan 2006 – Jan 2008
- Co-founded Fantastic Bonanza, a t-shirt company (formerly at www.fantasticbonanza.com, now offline).
- Designed and implemented the company website.
- Involved in all facets of the business, including graphic design, t-shirt production, fulfillment, and customer service.
- Wrote for the company blog, Fantastic Blognanza.
- Ran a sales booth at ROFLCon.


## Education
### Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
Harvard University
Jan 2005 – Jan 2009

### Master’s Degree in Creative Writing
University of San Francisco
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/gregory-p-20795a104

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Last updated: 2026-03-23