# John Okahata

> Senior Software Engineer at Meta/Reality Labs

Location: San Leandro, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/johnokahata

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Meta
Jan 2024 – Present

### Senior Software Engineer 1 @ Blizzard Entertainment
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024
C++, C#, Unity, Lua: Framework/Features Team on Team5/Hearthstone

### Software Engineer @ Blizzard Entertainment
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022

### Senior Software Engineer 2 @ Zynga
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021
Cocos2d, C++, React Native, Android, Java, Ruby on Rails, Jenkins - Full-stack on Words with friends Team

### Senior Software Engineer 1 @ Zynga
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020

### Software Engineer 2 @ Zynga
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019

### Software Engineer @ Zynga
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018

### President and Webmaster @ Nikkei Student Union
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016
Position on a Student run club

Web and Graphics Chair for the 2014-2015 school year and subsequently became the President and Webmaster for the 2015-2016 school year.

•  HTML, CSS, PHP, JS, SQL, Bootstrap: http://nsu.berkeley.edu/
•  Implemented a calendar that reads from a file to populate dates with events
• Currently designing the database backend and making the site responsive for mobile
• Designed flyers and banners for club events

### Software Engineering Intern @ Zynga
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015
PHP, JS, D3JS, Python, AWS, SQL: Worked on a backend team.

* Converted a text-based daily static report into a dynamic scalable visualization 
* Added third-party DevOps alerting capabilities to monitoring software, and quality of life features like auto-resolving on random spikes and preventing alerts for periods of time
* Created a script to automatically add/update alert configurations based on config files

### Software Engineering Intern @ Kabam
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014
C#: Worked in Unity3D on Spirit Lords mobile game. Focused on front-end and tools

* Reduced testing a level segment pipeline from a 3-5 minute multistep randomized process to a single button press
* Implemented dynamic runtime NPC character generation based on catalog
* Provided engineering support for facial animations and automating the import process
* Smaller tools (e.g. Specific bundle recompilation, disabling VFX on low-end devices)

### Computer Science Tutor Volunteer @ MLK Middle School
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014
Taught basics of HTML, CSS and Javascript to Middle School Students in an after-school program

### CS61A Lab Assistant @ UC Berkeley
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013
Assisted students with assigned lab work and homework in Python.


## Education
### Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
University of California, Berkeley
Jan 2012 – Jan 2016

### Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of California, Berkeley
Jan 2012 – Jan 2016


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/john-okahata-02a91680

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Last updated: 2026-03-22