# John Spence

> SWE @ Descript

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

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Descript
Jan 2026 – Present | San Francisco, CA

### Senior Engineer @ Booksby
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025

### Sr. Technical Product Owner II @ Tandem Diabetes Care
Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | San Diego, California, United States
Led the redesign and development of the Sugarmate app, modernizing its look and improving usability to support future feature expansion. Collaborated closely with UX and developers to define requirements, write user stories, and manage project timelines. Worked with 25+ stakeholders across multiple departments to align internal and external goals. Spearheaded system architecture design to integrate Sugarmate into Tandem’s ecosystem. Left to hike the Pacific Crest Trail, 2650 miles from Mexico to Canada over 5 months.

### Co-Founder @ Carbon
Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 | San Diego, California, United States
Carbon is a direct-to-consumer SaaS product for publishers to monetize their content without relying solely on advertising. We help publishers connect with and monetize their readers directly, whether through ad-block recovery, voluntary contributions, subscriptions, and/or consent management. Our mission is to help publishers build cut out the middlemen and get back to what they do best: producing great content for the web.

### Product Manager @ Core Innovate, Inc.
Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | Los Angeles, California
Managed software/product development for Mozi, an Ed-Tech product to teach students to structure well-written essays. Ruby on Rails stack.

### Construction Management Intern @ Georgia Institute of Technology
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Greater Atlanta Area

### Project Management Intern @ New South Construction
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Atlanta


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (BS) in with Honors, Civil Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/john-spence-b26289105

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Last updated: 2026-04-10