# Jesus Cortez

> Staff Software Engineer at Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

Location: Denver, Colorado, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/jesuscortez

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Jan 2022 – Present | Aurora, Colorado, United States

### Software Engineering Manager @ GoDaddy
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
- Lead team of 4 Engineers to implement +Marketing Services for GoDaddy
- Work with Design, Product and Engineering to scope and organize upcoming features
- Develop GoDaddy Brand Guide product, Onboarding Experiences

### Senior Software Development Engineer @ GoDaddy
Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | Greater Denver Area
- Joined GoDaddy as part of Main Street Hub acquisition
- Utilizing Gasket framework (JS) to maintain GoDaddy Social Home app (NodeJS / React)
- Interact with Facebook, Google, Yelp, Twitter Third Party APIs for Social Posting
- Provide expertise and maintenance on legacy MSH and services

### Code Coach @ theCoderSchool
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Aurora, Colorado, United States
- Coached students weekly with project-based learning in MIT Scratch, Python, Raspberry Pi, HTML / CSS / Javascript
- Developed project ideas and tailored lessons based on student's interests and abilities

### Software Engineer @ Main Street Hub
Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 | Austin, TX
- Brought on to move from monolithic PHP app to Microservices
- Worked on team creating backend microservices in Java, Kotlin
- Frontends written in React and AngularJS
- Worked with queries in MongoDB, MySQL, MariaDB, Dynamo DB
- Deployed microservices and databases to AWS using Cloudformation definitions

### Technical Lead, UX Development for Sales @ Ringtail Design
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Austin
- Implemented improvements to Replay platform using C#/WPF, DirectX, and a myriad of 3rd party APIs / libraries
- In charge of rapid prototyping new functionality for sales team to demonstrate
- Worked closely with CEO, COO, and Director of Sales to prepare new features for crucial sales calls

### Staff Software Engineer @ National Instruments
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014
-Responsible for feature development and maintenance/bug fixing on numerous user visible features of the LabVIEW development environment
- Ownership of OpenGL based 3D Picture Control, involving drawing related issues on Linux, Mac, and Windows platforms
- Add new features to LabVIEW compiled language

### Software Engineer @ National Instruments
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | Austin, TX
Worked alongside existing UI team to implement UI improvements and features for widely distributed LabVIEW engineering software

### Software Engineering Intern @ National Instruments
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011
Worked as intern in LabVIEW R&D User Interface group

Developed features/improvements for LabVIEW software's UI.

### Android Developer @ Rice University
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011
Worked on the Rice University official Android App, based on the existing app and a project I had completed for a previous semester's class.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Rice University
Jan 2008 – Jan 2012


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-22