# Jackie Ali Cordoba

> Backend software engineer

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/jackiealicordoba

I’m a backend software engineer based in San Francisco who's working on modernizing digital mortgage closings and building features to accelerate eNote adoption at Snapdocs

I've built tools that drastically cut restaurant onboarding & menu-management times on Caviar and worked on multiple teams at Block (formerly Square). I studied computer science at Northeastern University in Boston.

Tech: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript (Ember.js), Python

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Block
Jan 2022 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
Square Financial Services infrastructure

### Software Engineer @ Snapdocs
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Software Engineer [laid-off due to COVID-19] @ LightStep
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco, California
• Created account usage endpoint to show current usage statistics and maximum limits for a user’s subscription tier in Go (Golang)
• Implemented enforcement of maximum subscription tier limits on multiple features

### Software Engineer (Caviar Restaurants) [DoorDash acquired Caviar from Square] @ DoorDash
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
Note: This is a continuation same role I held since January 2018 (2 years).
The self-onboarding and self-serve menu management projects I worked on cut restaurant onboarding times from weeks to as short as half an hour.  These features were crucial to quickly set up online orders for the wave of restaurants affected by COVID-19 shutdowns.

• Migrated Caviar Restaurants Engineering CI/CD pipelines & restaurant data from Square to DoorDash systems

### Software Engineer (Caviar Restaurants) @ Square
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Designed, implemented, and maintained features for Caviar/Square integration, self-serve restaurant onboarding, and menu management projects using Ruby on Rails and Ember.js
•  Documented common bug fixes and processes, onboarded a new team member, and co-created an on-call checklist to increase knowledge sharing and save engineering time
• Served in on-call rotations: led postmortem discussions and oversaw followup work for outages that occurred during shifts, handled bug investigations, and addressed engineering support tickets
•  Participated in hiring: interviewed and provided feedback for 30 engineering candidates; assisted recruiting team in evaluating engineering resumes at 3 conferences (Grace Hopper, National Society of Black Engineers [NSBE], Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers [SHPE])
•  Contributed to Employee Resource Groups (ERGs): Coordinated and organized an event during WomEng spotlight month hosting the local Black Girls Code summer camp for a tour, lunch, and career Q&A panel; volunteered during internal and external-facing events for Squeers (LGBTQ), Latinx, WomEng, and BSA (Black Squares)

### Software Engineering Intern - Disputes and Risk Experience @ Square
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Developed user interface for Square Secure Profile, the new home of risk-related communication between merchants and Square, using Ember.js, Sass, and Handlebars
• Implemented Ruby on Rails API endpoints to handle document uploads and data sharing between risk services
• Created go/Forsale, an internal marketplace for Square employees, with Ruby on Rails, Slim, Sass, and JavaScript during intern hack week

### Software Engineering Intern (iOS) @ Square
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016
• Built release-critical features for Square’s Alpha launch in the United Kingdom using Objective-C and C
• Implemented pre-authorization tipping in Register’s payment flow to meet U.K. transaction requirements
• Designed and developed fallback to EMV chip feature for incomplete contactless transactions
• Enhanced logging for Contactless and Chip Reader to help diagnose Bluetooth connectivity issues

### CCIS Fellow (Teaching Assistant for Co-op Overview Course) [Fall 2015 & 2016] @ Northeastern University College of Computer and Information Science (CCIS)
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Boston, MA
•	Served as teaching assistant for CCIS co-op/internship preparation course
•	Conducted mock technical interview and resume review sessions for students
•	Supervised and lead off-campus class visits to potential employers
•	Mentored students in one-on-one sessions as needed

### Software Development Co-op @ Galatea Associates
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Somerville, MA
•	Developed and designed a data reporting web service using Node.js and MongoDB
•	Designed and implemented a database request fetcher for an investment risk calculator service using C#
•	Managed packages, builds, and deployment using shell scripts, Jenkins, Maven, and Nuget


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts (BA) with Honors in Computer Science
Northeastern University

### Clear Brook High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jackiealicordoba

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Last updated: 2026-03-29