Jason Fried

Software Engineer | Catheys Valley, California
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About

Software engineer at Meta focused on build infrastructure, developer tooling, and Python stewardship. Over 14 years at Meta/Facebook spanning operations, production engineering, and software engineering. Passionate about Python, systems reliability, and building infrastructure at scale.

Experience

Meta (Facebook)

Full-time · Since 2011

Software Engineer
Feb 2022 – Present · Remote

  • Build infrastructure and developer tooling using BUCK/Starlark build system
  • Contributing to Python ecosystem improvements, including free-threading initiatives

Software Engineer
Sep 2015 – Mar 2023 · Menlo Park, California

  • Stewarding Python at Facebook
  • Drove Python language strategy and tooling across the organization

Production Engineer
Jan 2014 – Sep 2015 · Menlo Park, CA

  • Led Python 2 to 3 conversion efforts
  • Created the service used to ship blobs around the infrastructure, including Instagram and facebook.com
  • Worked on system provisioning automation

Operations Engineer
Oct 2011 – Jan 2014 · Menlo Park, CA

  • Kept facebook.com up and running
  • Site reliability and infrastructure operations at scale

Deloitte Consulting

2 yrs 6 mos

Consultant
Dec 2009 – Oct 2011 · Greater Hattiesburg Area

Senior Analyst
May 2009 – Dec 2009

  • System support for the Hattiesburg Development Center

BearingPoint Inc.

Senior Technology Analyst
Jun 2006 – May 2009 · 3 yrs

  • Infrastructure & application development, mostly server support and writing management tools
  • Required specialty in a wide range of diverse fields

Education

Southeastern Louisiana University

BS, Computer Science · 2000 – 2006

  • Summer 2005 President's List
  • Chapter President of ACM Student Chapter (Senior Year)
  • Systems Administrator for ACM's local Unix server (2002–2006)
  • Organized SLUgo, a 24-hour gaming convention on campus (2005)

Technical Skills

Languages: Python, Cython, C/C++, Lua, Rust, Shell
Systems: Linux, Build Systems, Developer Infrastructure, Site Reliability
Tools: Claude, Buck2, Mercurial, Git, Visual Studio Code