# Jakey Fowler > Software engineer experienced in databases, query languages, geospatial data, and mathematics. Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/jakey I'm a software engineer and mathematics researcher with a background in database and web development. I specialize in cloud databases and distributed systems. At Fauna, I developed software to improve the experience of developers working with Fauna's serverless data API. I worked in database development and operations on both the client and server sides. On the DevEx team, I implemented tools and designed services to ease database operations and DevOps. On the Database team, I designed new query language ideas to simplify writing queries. I have a successful track record executing ambitious or challenging projects. At Google, I worked on a project that applied machine learning to improve cell phone coverage, with a training set sourced from petabytes of network quality data. Our initial experiments significantly improved data transfer speeds for 13% of customers in the coverage area. I specialized in geospatial data and computational geometry at MarkLogic. The geospatial indexing and query techniques I designed resulted in 2 patents. I'm always on the lookout for an interesting idea for my next project. Please reach out if you have one -- maybe we can develop something great together! ## Work Experience ### Staff Software Engineer - Developer Experience @ Pinecone Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States ### Staff Software Engineer - Database Kernel @ Fauna Inc. Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area • Improved and developed Fauna's core database server. • Designed and implemented (with other team members) a new DB query language to be used in Fauna databases. • Operated Fauna's serverless offering: monitoring systems for anomalies, responding to customer-impacting incidents, and writing post-mortem analyses. ### Staff Software Engineer - Developer Experience @ Fauna Inc. Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area • Senior IC on the Developer Experience team, responsible for Fauna's customer-facing front-end systems. • Improved and developed product software for authentication, database tooling (web-based and command-line), billing, and 3rd-party integrations. * Developed an integration with Vercel (3rd-party), designing a general OAuth framework for 3rd-party integrations. * Managed internal customer data, including: data model & migrations, website login details, marketing integrations with Salesforce & Google Analytics, billing pipeline, and internal customer-experience dashboard. ### Software Engineer - Google Fi @ Google Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area • Supported marketing, business analysts, and data science teams by providing high-quality data sets to drive decision making, attract new users, and retain existing customers. • Led development of Tiered Financing feature, expanding accessibility of financing to new users by introducing new credit limit tiers. Increased financing approval rate by 9 percentage points. • Identified and sounded the alarm on a bug with major customer-impacting implications. Gathered and summarized information for engineering, legal, and business development teams across two major product areas and a 3rd party vendor. ### Software Engineer - Mobile Network Insights @ Google Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area • Provided Google’s mobile partners with insights into 3G and 4G/LTE network quality, derived from a petabyte-scale crowdsourced data set. • Applied machine learning to automatically tune cell phone towers, improving YouTube performance for 13% of customers in the coverage area. • Launched overhaul of the Google Maps-based front-end of MNI, with a focus on performance testing and responsiveness. • Launched a new benchmarking feature, enabling customers to understand competitive network performance. ### Staff Software Engineer - Database Kernel @ MarkLogic Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area • Lead engineer for the Geospatial area of MarkLogic Server, an enterprise NoSQL multi-model database. • Led development of Geospatial Region Search, a customer-requested product feature for searching for areas of interest on the surface of the Earth. • Invented a novel approach to geospatial indexing, based on GeoHashing, resulting in a 2-4x improvement in query performance and two patents. • Created testing infrastructure for geospatial features, enabling QA to comprehensively test the accuracy of geospatial operations. • Evangelized adoption of MarkLogic Geospatial by developing interactive demos, talks, and courses for customers and internal sales/consulting teams at MarkLogic World. ### Graduate Student/Research Assistant @ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Jan 2007 – Jan 2013 Thesis: Rational Homology Disk Smoothing Components of Weighted Homogeneous Surface Singularities Advisor: Jonathan Wahl ### Teaching Fellow @ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Jan 2008 – Jan 2012 Taught a variety of Math classes, including Calculus I & II, Multivariable Calculus, Business Calculus, and Pre-calculus. ### Java Developer @ Harmonia Jan 2007 – Jan 2007 Designed and implemented a feature in Harmonia's LiquidApps software that allowed for the creation of custom documentation and training materials. Implemented a document object model for a new proprietary XML format. ### Web Developer @ Infoition Jan 2006 – Jan 2006 Made improvements to the back-end of the company's flagship news service. Designed and implemented a content & news management system for a high-profile client. Administered web and database servers. ### Web Developer @ abeedle.com Jan 1999 – Jan 2004 Developed custom dynamic websites for clients using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash, ColdFusion, and SQL. Programmed improvements to the company's content management and bulk email services. ## Education ### Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Mathematics The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ### Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Mathematics and Cognitive Science University of Virginia ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jakeyfowler --- Source: https://flows.cv/jakey JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/jakey/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-01