# Jake Walker

> Software Engineer at Campfire

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

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Campfire
Jan 2025 – Present

### Software Quality Engineer @ Samsara
Jan 2023 – Jan 2025
- Developed automated tests in Python to verify Bluetooth connections across multiple products and scenarios, utilizing GraphQL queries for efficient data retrieval.
- Contributed to the internal test automation Python library, enabling team members to efficiently run tests for similar requirements, improving collaboration and testing consistency.
- Led comprehensive testing of new products, executing tests through hardware and firmware iterations. 
- Identified and reported bugs, contributing to significant improvements, culminating in multiple successful product launches now sold to customers.
- Validated cellular network functionality and SIM switching between two carriers in IoT devices by developing Python tests, ensuring seamless network transitions and reducing manual verification efforts.
- Conducted behavior assessments in vehicle simulations using Controller Area Network (CAN) data and monitored drive test data for deviations or bugs.
- Collaborated with software engineers to author test plans for new products and features.
- Utilized Python scripts and Buildkite to execute automated tests, providing rapid feedback to developers.
- Used Jira for bug tracking, ensuring timely and accurate reporting and resolution of issues.

### Software Engineer Intern @ Tecarta Inc.
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021
- Developed Python scripts to transform thousands of XML files into fully rendered HTML pages using CSS, enabling seamless content viewing across web and mobile app platforms.
- Reduced the time to onboard a new publication from 10 days to 1 day, increasing scalability of the app.
- Collaborated with the technical lead to ensure the HTML output met functional and aesthetic requirements, resulting in user-friendly and engaging content.
- Conducted rigorous testing and quality assurance to ensure proper, consistent, and accurate functioning of the program across multiple publishers and test cases.
- Deployed scripts to convert documents from 100+ publications for use in a production environment.
- Worked with Project Manager to translate business goals into technical requirements, then presented the design to both business and technical stakeholders for approval.
- Reworked an outdated and inaccurate publisher content creation workflow, eliminating an error prone process and decreased production bugs.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science
Santa Clara University


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-29