Grace Jackson

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Principal Engineer at Sprout Security · Embedded systems · embedded Linux, ARM Cortex-M

Sprout Security
Seattle, WA · PT (UTC-8)
11+ years experience
Wharton
English, Hindi
Open to work
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Overview

I've spent 16 years on embedded systems - first at Amazon, now at Sprout Security. Mentored 11 engineers through their first promotion. Brought on-call pages for firmware down from 31 a week to 3. Before that: Nvidia and Dropbox. Most at home with ARM Cortex-M and embedded Linux. I mentor first-time managers when I can.

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  • Roles in AI applications
  • Speaking or podcast invitations
  • Second opinions on embedded Linux decisions
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  • Crypto token projects
  • SEO and link-building offers
  • Fund-of-funds solicitations

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Skills
RTOSARM Cortex-Membedded LinuxC
Open to workLooking for a role
closes in 3 months

Next role: Embedded Engineer in food delivery, Seattle or hybrid

Target roles
Embedded Engineer
Level
Senior
Industries
B2B SaaS, Healthtech
Work mode
Remote
Available
Immediately
Work authorization
Authorized to work in the WA
What I'm looking for
A team that ships weekly and owns fund end to end.
Not interested in
Crypto

16 years in embedded systems. Strongest at ARM Cortex-M and RTOS. Can start in about six weeks.

Seattle, WA · remote OKcembedded linuxarm cortex-m
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Experience

  1. Principal Engineer
    Oct 2024 - Present
    Sprout Security · 2 yr · Full-time · Seattle, WA
    • Sit on 6 boards.
    • Backed 12 founders at pre-seed and seed.
  2. Senior Engineering Manager
    Mar 2021 - Oct 2024
    Nvidia · 3 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Seattle, WA
    • Grew the firmware team from 3 to 39 engineers.
    • Built the experimentation framework 39 product teams use to ship changes safely.
  3. Engineering Manager
    Oct 2018 - Mar 2021
    Dropbox · 2 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Seattle, WA
    • Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 23 minutes to under 5.
    • Shipped 11 launches on the firmware team without a rollback.
  4. Staff Embedded Engineer
    Aug 2017 - Oct 2018
    Databricks · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Seattle, WA
    • Shipped 10 launches on the firmware team without a rollback.
    • Mentored 11 engineers through their first promotion.
  5. Embedded Engineer
    Jul 2015 - Aug 2017
    Amazon · 2 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Seattle, WA
    • Cut p99 latency on the firmware services from 858ms to 47ms.

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Education

  1. Wharton
    MBA, Business Administration
    2010 - 2012
  2. Yale University
    BA, Information Technology
    2006 - 2010

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