# Jake Dawkins

> Staff Software Engineer

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/jakedawkins

I'm a curious software engineer, with experience across the stack. I've worked with React and GraphQL-based products for much of my career, but I've also built editor extensions and CLI tools for a broad audience.

I have a passion for maintainable and accessible software. I have a strong foundation with testing methodologies, and I have experience writing and speaking publicly on software best practices.

I'm a learner and a teacher, and I love what I do. I value empathetic, diverse, and cross-functional teams.

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ Homeaglow
Jan 2024 – Present | New York, New York, United States

### Senior Software Engineer @ Homeaglow
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | New York, New York, United States

### Senior Product Engineer @ Carbon Health
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023
- Led efforts to rebuild legacy enterprise product with modern tooling (React Native Web, Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, Apollo Client)
- Set up an interface system used across all major applications and teams at the company
- Decreased user load times by 90% with the new product
- Set standards for modern front-end architecture for the broader organization
- Coordinated with product teams to set deadlines and roadmaps
- Developed contribution guidelines and schema design documents for inter-team collaboration to a shared GraphQL service
- Designed and implemented unit & e2e testing strategy, attaining a minimum of 90% test coverage

### Open Source Engineer @ Apollo GraphQL
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Remote
- Led initiative to build a new CLI for Apollo's main product line using Rust
- Assisted in designing and building Apollo Federation's composition algorithm and supporting tests
- Coordinated features with multiple teams and product roadmaps to ensure a smooth rollout across teams 
- Led experimentation and proposal of a new language (Rust), which now has a growing influence in the company.
- Maintained open-source developer tools such as the Apollo CLI and VS Code editor extensions
- Engaged with the community regularly for technical support, feature requests, and guidance on best-practices
- Communicated and taught on tooling through blog posts, conference talks, and internal demos

### Apollo Architect @ Apollo GraphQL
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Greater New York City Area
- Lead frontend & backend architecture reviews for customers
- Wrote extensive documentation and technical guides
- Led training sessions and workshops for GraphQL and React
- Collaborated with engineers inside & outside of Apollo to develop best practices documentation for using GraphQL in production
- Spoke at conferences and meetups about GraphQL
- Maintained multiple Apollo open source projects

### Lead Engineer, Mobile @ Major League Soccer
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | New York City
- Built Android and iOS native apps using React Native
- Built and maintained GraphQL API with Apollo-Server
- Mentored junior engineers in their first engineering role
- Set up type systems and unit testing
- Managed project timeline and development process
- Organized weekly team teaching sessions on various technical topics

### Web Developer @ NewSpring
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Anderson, SC
- Developed web and native mobile applications using React, Redux and React-Apollo
- Built and maintained GraphQL server to aggregate data from MSSQL, MongoDB, and MySQL in Node.js
- Managed a MSSQL database which tracked financial data and personal information across the organization
- Unit tested projects using Jest and Enzyme
- Implemented static typing for JavaScript in Flow

### Digital Media Content Coordinator @ NewSpring
Jan 2012 – Jan 2016
- Managed an archive of digital content ranging 15 years
- Developed automation and delivery pipeline workflows to handle audio and video encoding and delivery
- Edited and Produced video content for this archive from many weekly live events
- Operate professional level broadcast equipment and cameras. 
- Write training documentation to teach volunteers on the equipment.
- Lead a volunteer team of approximately 100 people in live video positions.
- Received and handled requests for content across the organization


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Science
Clemson University
Jan 2012 – Jan 2016


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jakedawkins
- Website: http://jacksondawkins.com

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Last updated: 2026-03-22