# Joshua Cruz

> Senior Software Engineer at Meta

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

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

### Software Engineer @ Meta
Jan 2022 – Present | Menlo Park, California, United States

### Software Engineer @ Qualtrics
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Seattle, Washington, United States

### Product Specialist @ Qualtrics
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Provo, Utah, United States
Consulted with a variety of customers from all industries using the Qualtrics Experience Manager (XM) software platform, providing product support to create and maintain effective workflows. Served as Team Lead of Mobile App SDK support team, reducing SLA by 50% by training team members and optimizing learning documentation. Collaborated with Mission Critical Support team to establish a Web Accessibility support specialty to help reduce escalations and provide frontline feedback to our Engineering team.

### Research Assistant @ Maclean Lab
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Chicago, Illinois, United States
Wrote Python code to experiment with biologically realistic neuronal dynamics in a novel spiking neural network architecture. Utilized Tensorflow and OpenCV to design a CNN architecture to predict global motion of natural scenes.

### Instructional Grader @ University of Chicago Department of Computer Science
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Chicago, Illinois, United States
Worked closely with Professor Laszlo Babai and Professor Gerry Brady to assess student work in Honors Graph Theory, Masters Discrete Mathematics, and Masters Algorithms. Provided student support and feedback to discuss common problem-solving strategies.

### REU Participant @ University of Chicago Department of Mathematics
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Chicago, Illinois, United States
Authored a mathematical research paper on the connection between algebraic geometry and coding theory under the guidance of a mentor. The paper is available here: http://math.uchicago.edu/~may/REU2019/REUPapers/Cruz.pdf

### Analysis Bootcamp Member @ University of Chicago Department of Mathematics
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Chicago, Illinois, United States
Collaborated with a talented group of mathematics students by conducting lectures, completing weekly problem sets, and hosting discussions on various topics in mathematical analysis including probability, differential geometry, complex analysis, and ordinary differential equations.

### Housing Technology Associate @ University of Chicago Housing Technology
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Chicago, Illinois, United States
Diagnosed and solved technological issues reported by students living in on-campus housing. Used Photoshop CS6 to redesign dormitory floor arrangements. Attended weekly meetings to discuss technology-related concerns held by dormitory resident heads.

### REU Participant @ University of Chicago Department of Mathematics
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Chicago, Illinois, United States
Authored a mathematical research paper on an important theorem in differential geometry under the guidance of a mentor. The paper is available here:  http://math.uchicago.edu/~may/REU2017/REUPapers/Cruz.pdf

### Assistant to the Photographer @ University of Chicago Preservation Department
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Chicago, Illinois, United States
Utilized Photoschop CS6 to review hundreds of pages of restored manuscripts to ensure quality in digitization. Organized a digital directory of photographs to facilitate the process of delivering requested historical documents to academics.

### Board Member @ Town N’ Country Youth Council
Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 | Tampa, Florida, United States
Coordinated community service opportunities for youth in the local community. Contributed over 300 hours towards volunteering, fundraising, and outreach events within the Town N' Country area.


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Mathematics
University of Chicago
Jan 2016 – Jan 2020

### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science
University of Chicago
Jan 2016 – Jan 2020


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/joshua-cruz-51081616a

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Last updated: 2026-03-22