# Jonathan Nelson

> Software Engineer at TikTok

Location: Seattle, Washington, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/jonathannelson

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ TikTok
Jan 2024 – Present | Seattle, Washington, United States

### Software Engineer @ Google
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Kirkland, Washington, United States
- Designed and developed a new full-stack app on Google Search for business messaging
- Developed with Angular, TypeScript, and RxJS to build dynamic web applications
- Implemented features that improved core metrics such as CSAT, engagement, and user retention
- Reduced latency across RPC calls by improving caching and by fixing performance bugs
- Built E2E tests to validate browser compatibility and to automatically check for regressions
- Carried out performance audits to reduce initial load time and to improve build speed

### Software Engineer @ Expedia Group
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Seattle, Washington, United States
- Built and maintained a React/Redux real-time messaging application
- Improved caching across multiple services to reduce latency and server load
- Worked on localization to scale to over 40+ languages
- Built a CI/CD pipeline for automated building, testing, and deployment 
- Created a declarative framework using TypeScript for building UI components
- Profiling and performance tuning: browser compatibility, load speed, service latency

### Software Engineer @ Stealth Startup
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020
- Developed a messaging platform serving 174 countries
- Designed and built an in-house A/B testing framework
- Utilized microservice backend architecture and gRPC to build scalable services
- Developed integrations with multiple IAP services
- Leveraged React Native to build native applications for both iOS and Android

### Software Engineer Intern @ Liberty Mutual Insurance
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science
University of Wisconsin-Madison


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-29