# Justin Palpant > Software Engineer Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/justinpalpant Software engineer. Detail-oriented, focused on ownership, with a love for unraveling deep technical problems and unblocking teammates. Gardener, gamer, environmentalist. ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Figma Jan 2024 – Present ### Software Engineer @ Dropbox Jan 2019 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area Sharing Foundation - file sharing and link sharing as an internal service ### Machine Learning Engineer @ Arterys Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco, CA Building scalable tools and infrastructure for data management, model training, and day-to-day machine learning operations. ### Software Engineer @ vArmour Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Mountain View, California At vArmour I focused on cloud and datacenter network orchestration to support our software-defined network security product. ### Software Engineer Intern @ KDY Automation Solutions, Inc. Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Morrisville, NC I was a software engineering intern at KDY, where we designed automated systems for test and measurement, process control, and data logging. I interned repeatedly over several summers and continued several projects through the academic year. Projects involved high-performance data collection, interfacing with and building SDKs for various hardware platforms, and designing complex systems involving software and hardware components. Clients included BASF, GlaxoSmithKline, and USMC. ## Education ### Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering Duke University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jpalpant - Portfolio: https://justin.palpant.us - Portfolio: https://gitlab.palpant.us/justin --- Source: https://flows.cv/justinpalpant JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/justinpalpant/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-29