Jeff Bowen

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iOS/Web Developer. Ex-Facebook Software Engineer. @ Hangout Labs
Jeff Bowen's Location
United States, United States
About Jeff Bowen

Jeff Bowen is a iOS/Web Developer. Ex-Facebook Software Engineer. at Hangout Labs. Colleagues describe them as "Jeff was a stand-out student in the entrepreneurship class that I teach at Vanderbilt. Jeff's business idea was selected as one of the top five for the class to work on. Jeff, as the CEO of his team, hired his management team from his classmates. Together they developed a complete business plan and investor presentation. Jeff's concept, called scheducate, was a Web 2.0 software platform for colleges and universities allowing students wide access to information on courses and other topics to help them make more informed decisions. The scheducate business plan won the class competition for the semester and Jeff qualified as a finalist in a national competiton hosted by Ball State University in Indianapolis. Jeff is an able leader and self-starter. He can be successful in a varitey of endeavors - including business consulting and entrepreneurship."

Jeff Bowen's Current Company Details
Hangout Labs

Hangout Labs

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iOS/Web Developer. Ex-Facebook Software Engineer.
Jeff Bowen Work Experience Details
  • Hangout Labs
    Founder
    Hangout Labs Apr 2013 - Present
    Providing software development and consulting services for clients including Clubhouse, Yik Yak, GoNoodle, and more.
  • Refercodes
    Founder
    Refercodes Jan 2018 - Present
    Nashville, Tennessee, Us
    Side project. Built an app for sharing referral codes. It allows you to see your friends’ referral codes for popular services and to share your own.
  • Yik Yak
    Software Engineer
    Yik Yak Aug 2021 - Nov 2022
    New York, New York, Us
    Brought on the day after Yik Yak launched to help design, build, and scale the app, backend, and moderation tools as Yik Yak grew rapidly (1M MAU in first month). Advised the founders and connected them with investors while helping recruit, interview, and hire an engineering team.
  • Clubhouse
    Software Engineer
    Clubhouse May 2020 - Sep 2020
    San Francisco, Us
    Helped design, build, and grow the Clubhouse iOS app and its Django/Python backend in its infancy as one of the first engineering hires.
  • Gonoodle
    Software Engineer
    Gonoodle Sep 2015 - May 2016
    Atlanta, Georgia, Us
    Built the GoNoodle Kids iOS and tvOS apps from scratch as the first iOS/tvOS developer at GoNoodle, a popular kids brand featuring video content to get kids moving and active used at the time by more than 10 million kids monthly in over 75% of U.S. elementary schools.In its first week, the iOS app was featured on the front page of the App Store under "New Apps We Love" and became the #1 free app for iPad. On December 11, 2017 it was the App Store's "App of the Day". The tvOS app has also been regularly featured on the front page of the Apple TV App Store.Built the tvOS app just weeks after the announcement of tvOS and the 4th-generation Apple TV. Learned the brand-new, sparsely-documented tvOS frameworks and platform, and released the app in just six weeks, in time to be in the Apple TV App Store on day one of the launch of the new Apple TV.
  • Buddy Quote
    Founder
    Buddy Quote Jan 2014 - May 2015
    Side project. Created an iOS app as well as a responsive web app for people to keep track of funny things their friends say. Built with Python, Django, Celery, Objective-C, JavaScript, Facebook APIs, Django REST Framework, Segment/Mixpanel, Twilio, and Heroku among many technologies.Unfortunately, in April 2015 Facebook placed major restrictions on their API for retrieving the list of a user's friends which broke the app’s original intended functionality. As such, it is not currently live.
  • Facebook
    Software Engineer
    Facebook Oct 2010 - Mar 2013
    • Founding member of the Developer Relations team which continues to help developers large and small build great social experiences with Facebook Platform.• Helped raise the Facebook Platform Net Promoter Score 26% by fixing bugs and processes and improving developer communication.• Designed, pitched, and co-engineered a new, external-facing bug tracking system still in use today.• Grew the Platform Stability team from one to twelve engineers and hired and managed two interns.• Educated developers via blog posts, Stack Overflow, and in person at events in the U.S. & Europe.
  • Facebook
    Operations Specialist
    Facebook Nov 2008 - Oct 2010
    • Worked in a variety of roles on the Facebook Platform team during a time of extremely rapid growth for Facebook as a product and company.• Shut down a spammer responsible for over 600 million spam notifications through data sleuthing and work with the Legal and Security teams.• Built tools and skills to increase efficiency across the company and decrease engineering teams workloads.• Co-founded a team to manage relationships with the fastest-growing Platform developers at the time such as Zynga and LivingSocial and organized events to bring in external developers to speak and give feedback.• Known by colleagues as being very well-connected across teams.• Grew my coding skills on my own time and worked my way on to an engineering team.
  • Smt (Sportsmedia Technology)
    Operations Intern
    Smt (Sportsmedia Technology) May 2005 - Aug 2005
    Durham, Nc, Us
    Organized, tested, and managed 50+ networked timing, scoring, and on-air/on-site graphics devices for ESPN’s Summer X-Games 11 and operated graphics systems on ESPN production crew in Los Angeles. Returned to SMT in the winter to do contract work for the Winter X-Games.
  • Smt (Sportsmedia Technology)
    Operations Intern
    Smt (Sportsmedia Technology) May 2004 - Aug 2004
    Durham, Nc, Us
    Organized, tested, and managed 50+ networked timing, scoring, and on-air/on-site graphics devices for ESPN’s Summer X-Games 10 and operated graphics systems on ESPN production crew in Los Angeles.

Jeff Bowen Education Details

  • Vanderbilt University
    Vanderbilt University
    Economics
  • The University Of Queensland
    The University Of Queensland
    Economics

Frequently Asked Questions about Jeff Bowen

What company does Jeff Bowen work for?

Jeff Bowen works for Hangout Labs

What is Jeff Bowen's role at the current company?

Jeff Bowen's current role is iOS/Web Developer. Ex-Facebook Software Engineer..

What schools did Jeff Bowen attend?

Jeff Bowen attended Vanderbilt University, The University Of Queensland.

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