Robert Boyce

Employment

1. Boyce Software + Design

   April 2022 – Present

   Software Engineering Consultant

   Providing technical and product advice to startups including:

   • Applications of generative AI in creative tools
   • System design review for projects such as a plugin-based layout engine and recurring tasks using Stripe API
   • Acquisition of Chrome browser extension and integration with existing tech stack
   • Engineering culture, team development, and performance management

2. Meta

   October 2011 – April 2022

   Engineering Manager (Messenger)

   • Managed the Messenger Product Standards engineering team, responsible for the Messenger Design System and UI infrastructure
   • Built tooling and process to ensure proper use of design components and APIs by product teams
   • Worked with stakeholders across the product org to prioritize native app UI infrastructure needs
   • Involved in planning & scoping of major initiatives like end-to-end encryption and iOS Messenger rewrite

   Software Engineer (iOS)

   • Established the Messenger Design System and worked on an app-wide redesign to adopt new, standardized components
   • Tech lead for group messaging, shipped complex features like unsending, replies, and reactions
   • Collaborated with Facebook Groups to launch chat in groups

   User Interface Engineer

   • Implemented Facebook Interface Guidelines for mobile web, the first attempt to codify design systems at Facebook
   • Shipped site-wide performance improvements to XHP, a React-like server rendering framework
   • Built “Pages You May Like,” the first mobile ad surface on Facebook

Previous Work

1. Palm, Inc. / Hewlett-Packard Co. (webOS Unit)

   webOS User Interface Developer

   July 2011 – October 2011

   • Developed frontend components of webOS system applications using Enyo framework
   • Worked with advanced CSS3 web development techniques
   • Prototyped future interface design concepts

   Software Developer Intern

   May 2010 – August 2010

2. Yahoo! Inc.

   Yahoo! Developer Network Intern

   June 2009 – August 2009

3. Wolfram Research, Inc.

   Web Programmer

   May 2008 – August 2008

Education