Hello, I'm

J. Foster Lockwood

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About

I love building things, and helping others build things. My time in the software engineering industry has shown me that there are many ways to deliver products and features to customers, and it's most important to focus on what positive impact can be made for those customers.

I am fortunate enough to currently manage a team of wonderful engineers at Apple Inc. within the Apple Enterprise & Education department.

Outside of work I spend a lot of time with my family and friends, as well as tinkering with the latest technologies and tools for software and product development.

Experience

2020 — Present

Software Engineering Manager

Apple Inc.

Managing the ASE Enterprise Platform Engineering team (ten engineers across three offices), building foundational software and systems to enable development of premiere enterprise products.

2018 — 2020

Senior Software Engineer

Apple Inc.

Built premiere products for the education and enterprise market.

2013 — 2018

Software Engineer

Apple Inc.

Worked on a variety of internal systems to enable high velocity development and qualification of iOS and macOS software.

Projects

The Lockwood Mac

A nostalgic children's game experience inspired by Humongous Entertainment and the point-and-click computer games of the 90s.

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Toy Box

A pegboard of small, self-contained browser experiments: pixel-art scenes, simulations, and odd little toys, like a candle you can snuff out by blowing at your screen. Built with canvas and three.js.

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Only Us

A co-op climbing adventure inspired by Only Up and classic couch co-op games, where friends work together to make their way ever upward.

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Card Clash

A competitive deck-building game for 2–6 players that fuses hex-grid territory control with real-time multiplayer. Built on a FastAPI backend with a React and PixiJS frontend.

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Threaded

A daily browser word puzzle where players deduce mystery words that share a theme, with Wordle-style feedback and a fresh level each day. Built with TypeScript and Vite.

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Experience Sunrise

A satirical single-page site that markets the sunrise as disruptive technology, complete with scroll-driven animations and a dynamic sunrise simulation. Built in vanilla HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

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Education

B.S. in Computer Science

Tufts University

2009 — 2013

Minor in Entreprenurial Leadership

Tufts University

2009 — 2013

Skills

Technical

  • Python & Java
  • Standard Dev Tools
  • Kubernetes/Docker
  • AI Tooling

Leadership

  • Personnel Management
  • Direct Mentorship
  • Agile and XP
  • Project Management

Engineering

  • Systems Design
  • Architecture Review
  • CNCF Technologies
  • Pragmatic Tradeoffs

Get in Touch

Interested in working together? Feel free to reach out.

foslock@gmail.com LinkedIn GitHub