Building systems that shape how people compute
Over 20 years of engineering across operating systems, compilers, AI infrastructure, and startups. From bare-metal to the cloud, from TI calculators to Meta's VR headsets.
Staff AI Software Engineer at Meta
I'm currently at Meta, where I'm spearheading the development of AI-powered developer tools at Reality Labs for Horizon OS, Quest VR, and wearables.
Prior to Meta, I worked at Modular on AI software and high-performance machine learning infrastructure. Before that, I spent eight years as part of Google's Fuchsia OS project, where I worked on system libraries, drivers, toolchains, and a new Bluetooth stack. I helped enable Apple's Swift programming language to run natively on Fuchsia (The Verge).
I'm a former startup founder and have held senior engineering positions at several technology companies, including Apportable (acquired by Google), SeatMe (acquired by Yelp), doubleTwist, Texas Instruments, and Match.com.
Specializations
- Operating systems & compiler development
- AI/ML infrastructure & tooling
- Rust, Swift, C/C++, Zig, Python
- Cross-platform (desktop, embedded, mobile)
- Security & performance optimization
- Developer evangelism & community
Open Source & Projects
View my open source contributions, side projects, and code on GitHub.
Visit zbowling.github.ioPatents
Modification of Distracting Sounds
Developed during my time at Google to intelligently filter distracting noises from audio streams.
View patent →Restaurant Management & Reservation Systems
Developed at SeatMe to streamline restaurant operations and customer interactions.
View patent →Work experience
A timeline of roles spanning from early ISP engineering to leading AI teams at Meta.
Staff AI Software Engineer
Meta
Spearheading the development of AI-powered developer tools at Meta's Reality Labs for Horizon OS, Quest VR, and wearables.
Staff AI Software Engineer
Modular
Built AI software and high-performance machine learning infrastructure.
Software Engineer
Early member of Fuchsia OS team. Worked on core systems, drivers, toolchains, Bluetooth stack, developer tools/frameworks (Rust, C++, C, Swift, Dart, Go). Also worked on Chrome, Android, and other projects.
Principal Software Engineer & Developer Evangelist
Apportable (acquired by Google)
Lead developer on Apportable/Tengu SDKs (Objective-C/Swift to Android/other platforms). Ported/reimplemented Objective-C runtime, CoreFoundation, Foundation, etc. Forked LLVM/Clang. Also served as Developer Evangelist.
Lead iOS Developer
SeatMe, Inc. (acquired by Yelp)
First employee and lead iOS developer for a restaurant reservation system.
Founder
View Inc
Startup developing mobile apps for local information sharing.
Senior Software Engineer
doubleTwist
Developed a deesktop Music Player.
Software Engineer
Seesmic
Mobile developer (iPhone and Android developer).
Senior Software Engineer (TL)
Texas Instruments
Working as part of the Education Technology division, focusing on the development of the latest generation of TI graphing calculators and educational software.
Applications Engineer
Match.com
Designed and deployed double blind email services with web based frontends. Also was in charge of Win32 and Unix service integration and development in our division.
Software Engineer
OnlineISP
Software and Systems Engineer for a mid-sized ISP.
Software Developer
Microselect
Mobile (Palm/PocketPC) and Web based software development for medical practice management software.
Competed in over 140 hackathons from 2008 to 2013.
Granted U.S. patents in audio processing and restaurant technology.
Two decades of professional software engineering experience.