# Jeremy Larkin

> Principal Software Engineer at Segment

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

Experienced, driven full-stack software engineer and entrepreneur with a passion for challenging problems in distributed computing, data storage, and web technologies. I have a particular interest in system engineering, network communication, and coroutine-based concurrency.

## Work Experience
### Principal Software Engineer @ Segment
Jan 2020 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area

### Senior Software Engineer @ Segment
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020

### Founder, CTO @ imgix
Jan 2011 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco
Founded an on-demand image processing service to solve the complexity of image compositing and optimization for device resolution, design flexibility, content quality, and low-latency delivery.

Hired and managed engineering team.

 Architect for distributed image processing and storage system.
- Implemented a distributed stream-oriented storage system for immutable data with an ACID transactional B+tree index for logical key and global id access. The global identity scheme was designed with the ability to replay the stream for arbitrary replication tasks.
- Designed work scheduling server using a consistent hash-based bin packing algorithm with a streaming protocol to accommodate multi-frame content.
- Designed origin image collection system with protocol negotiation, timeout management, and cache consistency.

Data center buildout.
- Negotiated service providers
- Worked with vendors for Linux server purchasing and hardware testing
- Customized racking solution for Mac Pros

Patents filed and issued:
- Zacharias, Christopher; Larkin, Jeremy; et. al. 2016. Just-in-time processing of images. U.S. Patent 9,401,003, filed November 18, 2013, and issued July 26, 2016.

- Zacharias, Christopher; Larkin, Jeremy; et. al. 2017. User interface for just-in-time image processing. U.S. Patent 9,654,602, filed January 22, 2014, and issued May 16, 2017.

- Zacharias, Christopher; Larkin, Jeremy; et. al. 2018. Image feeding server network. U.S. Patent 9,894,023, filed July 15, 2015, and issued February 13, 2018.

### Founder, Lead Architect @ Form Collective
Jan 2006 – Jan 2011 | Rochester, New York
Founded a web infrastructure and design consultation business.

Client work included:
- iPhone and iPad development for Wegmans, Bausch & Lomb
- HIPPA Compliant Research Platform for Cornell University
- 3D Multi-User Interactive UI and game development for UPS, Scion
- Consulting work for CareStream, Sony, Tommy Hilfiger
- CMS-backed API development for Nvidia

### Software Engineer @ Xerox
Jan 2005 – Jan 2006 | Webster, New York
Office Device Planning and Utilization Software - C#, WinForms

### Software Architect @ Logical Solutions
Jan 2003 – Jan 2005 | Rochester, New York
Web Application backend, C#; Multi-User, Real-Time Network Communication in Java; Interactive Flash

### Developer @ NetSmartz
Jan 2001 – Jan 2002 | Rochester, New York
Web application backend, C#


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jeremy-larkin-3ba9a6b8
- GitHub: https://github.com/kalamay

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Last updated: 2026-04-12