Jordan Rome, Software Developer

Jordan Rome - Software Developer
Jordan Rome

Software Dev

About Me

Greetings! Here's a lil' something about me: I've been developing software for quite some time (over 20 years?!). My goal is to create reliable, reusable, and readable software. I love learning new technologies, languages, and just more about how computers work at every level.

I hold a bachelor's degree in Literature from the University of California at Santa Barbara and a master's degree in Poetry from Sarah Lawrence College.

Despite this writerly background, I am well-versed in C/C++, Python, mySQL, Javascript, and PHP/Hack - while also dabbling in Rust, Go, and Clojure.

Currently, I am a Software Engineer at Meta working on bpftrace. I have worked as a developer at Spotify, The City University of New York, UCLA, Sarah Lawrence College, and Zeebox.

I also enjoy cooking, playing the guitar, horology, taking long walks in Peekskill with my wife and dog.

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Snapshot

Where I work: Meta

Current Project: bpftrace

What I'm learning: AI and Kernel things

Current Watch: Speedmaster Pro

Madskills

C/C++, eBPF, PHP, MySQL, Clojure, Rust, Javascript, Scripting, and many other things

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Open Source Work

bpftrace
bpftrace

bpftrace is a high-level tracing language for Linux and provides a quick and easy way for people to write observability-based eBPF programs, especially those unfamiliar with the complexities of eBPF.

I'm one of the maintainers on this project and have been working on it for many years.

I've also been writing about new bpftrace features, improvements to the type system, and future plans for the language on the bpftrace blog.

bpftrace.org

bpfvv
BPF Verifier Visualizer

BPF Verifier Visualizer is a tool to analyze Linux Kernel BPF verifier logs. The goal of bpfvv is to help BPF programmers debug verification failures.

This was a fun project that Ihor Solodrai and I worked on and presented at LPC 2025. Video

libbpf.github.io/bpfvv/

Make Contact

Message Me

*I promise no spam will come to you (I doubt you'll get such an offer from the eels)

Drop me a line for almost any reason: want to talk programming languages, got an idea for a bpftrace feature, want to offer me a job working for your awesome company that has a pool table (thank you Meta), liked my site and just wanted to say hi, whatever. Looking forward to hearing from you!

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Kinderhook, NY

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