# Justin Jones > Staff Software Engineer at ZipRecruiter | Commercial sUAS Pilot Location: Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/justinjones My passions include developing healthy engineering cultures, discussing mundane library coding implementations, leveraging any opportunity to supercharge my team, and helping engineers grow in their careers. I like to deliver value and chew bubblegum, and I'm all out of bubblegum. Professional IC experience in backend web development revolving around high-throughput applications ensuring scalability and reliability in cloud environments with a dash of full-stack AngularJS work. I regularly use Java, Kotlin, Typescript and Svelte. ## Work Experience ### Staff Software Engineer @ ZipRecruiter Jan 2026 – Present | Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area SMB - Proactive Sourcing ### Sr. Software Engineer II @ ZipRecruiter Jan 2023 – Jan 2026 Employer/SMB - Monetization (Sept 2023 - June 2024) Migrating legacy code to a combination of Node/TS and Golang gRPC services Employer/SMB - Employer Profiles (June 2024 - December 2024) Part of the team modernizing the Employer Engineering infrastructure at ZipRecruiter for internal use, enabling teams to iterate quicker on produce decisions. Employer/SMB - Proactive Sourcing (Resume Database) Tech Lead (December 2024-Present) Leading the team that is rethinking Zip's approach to the art of Proactive Sourcing, mainly focused on tech stability and flexibility under increasing usage and continuous improvements. ### Manager II, Engineering @ ZipRecruiter Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area Enterprise Apply Responsibilities include: Overseeing the team of 10 full-stack engineers responsible for all job applications (including internal and external) at ZipRecruiter. Additionally own all Apply data infrastructure and insights. This includes regular 1:1s around personal and professional growth, bi-yearly performance reviews, and promotion submissions. Team KRs based on organizational objectives, following the OKR model. Proliferating tech initiatives, both intra- and extra-team. Oversight of general app health and maintenance, as well as new feature design and development. Partnership with product to identify key features and improvements to pursue while balancing tech initiatives and maintenance/QoL improvements. Participating in the tech interview process to help Zip identify, assess and attract key engineering talent. Steward for the Management Book Club, a group for people managers and interested individuals to read and discuss books as they relate to people managing. ### Manager, Engineering @ ZipRecruiter Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area Smart Apply Responsibilities include: Overseeing the team of 5 engineers dedicated to the Smart Apply feature on ZipRecruiter. This includes regular 1:1s around personal and professional growth, bi-yearly performance reviews, and promotion submissions. Team KRs based on organizational objectives, following the OKR model. Proliferating tech initiatives, both intra- and extra-team. Oversight of general app health and maintenance, as well as new feature design and development. Partnership with product to identify key features and improvements to pursue while balancing tech initiatives and maintenance/QoL improvements. Participating in the tech interview process to help Zip identify, assess and attract key engineering talent. ### Senior Software Engineer @ ZipRecruiter Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area Smart Apply Team Tech Lead/interim manager: Responsible for the health and general maintenance of an emerging system. Contributing key features to strategic ZipRecruiter Job Seeker products utilizing Java J2EE/Groovy and GCP/AWS as we expand a novel greenfield project. On the leadership side, spend a considerable amount of time working on product guidance and direction as we expand capabilities/features to more intricate areas. Additional responsibilities include onboarding new team members and providing code review/feedback as well as mentoring junior engineers. Outside of team responsibilities, also part of the interview process helping to assess and level candidates for the engineering organization across all levels. ### Software Engineer @ ZipRecruiter Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Austin, Texas Area R&D Market Intelligence Team Leader Strategically collecting market data via various means with Java/Groovy and GCP services in a high throughput system processing millions of records per day. Additionally was responsible for onboarding new team members to the tech stack. Oversaw international market data (initial acquisition and maintenance), strategic cross-team partnerships with SMB clients, and automated backend acquisition systems. ### Software Engineer @ The Home Depot Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Austin, Texas Area Software Engineer - Customer Communications Team Backend development work focused on high reliability, sustainability, and scalability in high through-put applications utilizing the Spring framework, RESTful APIs, microservices and the Google Cloud Platform. ### PURE Math Scholar @ NSF Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Houston, Texas Area I am half of the two-person team working on improving the NeuralIdeals package for SageMath as part of a 2017 Summer FAST research grant. Utilizing Python, we are implementing research results revolving around neural rings and specifically place cell visualization within SageMath. These results are part of ongoing work by our faculty advisor, Dr. Luis Garcia-Puente, and 3 students doing research under his tutelage. The job is primarily remote, with on-site meetings once per week. ### Dairy Clerk @ Kroger Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Houston, Texas Area Daily upkeep of the dairy department requiring strategic placing of resources and time management skills in order to maximize department efficiency and increase sales while simultaneously reducing shrink. ### Executive Team Leader @ Target Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 Oversaw the Logistics processes of a D-volume Target retail store. Responsibilities included daily operations of the the store as LOD/MOD as well as managing the backroom, flow, pricing, planogram, and instocks teams. ### Shift Supervisor @ Starbucks Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Conroe Preparation of numerous food and beverage items following rigorous company standards. Manage partners in a manner as to result in the most efficient store operations possible. Extensive cash handling and MOD/LOD duties. ### Sport Clubs Intern @ University of Texas at Arlington Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 I oversee all sport club activities, including recruitment, fundraising, practicing and financing. I am the employee responsible for all sport clubs and perform regular duties including equipment purchase, vehicle reservations, and assist in the general functioning of clubs, including internal issues. ### Sport Clubs Supervisor @ University of Texas at Arlington Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 I oversee sport club practices and act as the main liaison for clubs during practice times. Trained in CPR, First Aid and AED use by the American Heart Association. ### Climbing Wall Supervisor @ University of Texas at Arlington Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 I oversee climbing activities and belay training classes for participants. I strive to increase participation numbers by encouraging participants to test their skill limits in a controlled environment to aid in personal development. ## Education ### Bachelor of Science (BS) in Computer Science - Information Assurance Sam Houston State University Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 ### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Philosophy, French The University of Texas at Arlington Jan 2008 – Jan 2013 ### High School Diploma Midlothian High School Jan 2004 – Jan 2008 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/justin-jones-65270421 - Website: https://www.justinj.dev --- Source: https://flows.cv/justinjones JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/justinjones/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22