John Meurer Jr.

Engineering at Meta

Kailua, Hawaii, United States

About

Hi! I'm JMJ, a full stack engineer who drives technical strategy for highly capable teams of product and infra engineers. Throughout my career I’ve been passionate about using data to uncover hidden truths. Agents will make this more and more autonomous. With self-improving systems writing their own code against benchmarks, we’ll be able to see and understand abstract systems in a way that was never possible before. Outside of work, I enjoy playing electric guitar 🎸 and scuba diving 🤿.

Experience

  • Agentic Performance Engineering at Meta
    Jul 2024 - Present · 2 yrs

    I’m a lead of TLs on Infra Health (analytics, performance and reliability) for a colossal-scale set of software products.

  • Shortcut (10 yrs 11 mos)
    • Chairman of the Board
      Dec 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 7 mos

    • Co-Founder, CEO
      May 2018 - Dec 2020 · 2 yrs 8 mos

      Shortcut provides onsite self-care and wellness perks for workplaces, including haircuts, massages, headshots and mindfulness training.

    • Co-Founder, Head of Product
      Aug 2015 - May 2018 · 2 yrs 10 mos

  • Research Engineering, Wallets & SDKs at RAILGUN DAO
    Jan 2022 - Nov 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos

    I led a distributed (international) remote engineering team which delivered web/mobile applications and Developer SDKs for the RAILGUN ecosystem, including the very first scalable encrypted payments system for the Ethereum blockchain. Railgun is an open-source encrypted cryptocurrency wallet known for its innovative 'Proof of Innocence' anti-money laundering protection. The core system uses ZK cryptography (SNARKs) to encrypt payment metadata on Ethereum. As of 2026, the Railgun system has over $4.8 billion in transaction volume and is growing month over month.

  • Managing Partner; Eng & Product at Vibe Ventura
    Sep 2017 - Nov 2023 · 6 yrs 3 mos

    Managed a remote team that built 0-1 mobile apps and distributed cloud systems for Bay Area and Boulder CO companies, including Google Ventures-funded startup Cape (acquired by Motorola) and Misty Robotics (acquired by Furhat).

  • Senior Software Engineer at Oculus VR
    May 2020 - Mar 2022 · 1 yr 11 mos

    Growth engineering lead that focused on promoting and monetizing Meta Quest VR apps.