Josh Stiles
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Michael Kane
Josh is a highly technical and self-driven engineering leader with persistent interest in making systems run as efficiently as possible. As soon as Josh joined my team he was extremely helpful and prescriptive about pointing out areas of improvement in our backend web services development in very specific and relevant ways. With little direction he was able to coordinate with the rest of the team and come up with realistic plans to level-up our legacy systems and workflows, push them forward through implementation, and architect new backend solutions based on the latest backend technology in the industry. Josh is highly capable of leading the development of new backend systems and has a very measured process of analyzing/optimizing existing systems as well.
Mary Hayes
I have worked with Josh for many years. He is a pleasure to work with. He has many strengths and is an excellent programmer. He is very smart, caring and compassionate. He has been my go to for multiple complex projects. He is the strong silent type who put his head down to get the job done. He is an asset to any organization. There are times when my questions were crazy and off the wall. He was patient and helped me understand why or why not my ideas would or would not work.
Michael Kane
Josh is a highly technical and self-driven engineering leader with persistent interest in making systems run as efficiently as possible. As soon as Josh joined my team he was extremely helpful and prescriptive about pointing out areas of improvement in our backend web services development in very specific and relevant ways. With little direction he was able to coordinate with the rest of the team and come up with realistic plans to level-up our legacy systems and workflows, push them forward through implementation, and architect new backend solutions based on the latest backend technology in the industry. Josh is highly capable of leading the development of new backend systems and has a very measured process of analyzing/optimizing existing systems as well.
Mary Hayes
I have worked with Josh for many years. He is a pleasure to work with. He has many strengths and is an excellent programmer. He is very smart, caring and compassionate. He has been my go to for multiple complex projects. He is the strong silent type who put his head down to get the job done. He is an asset to any organization. There are times when my questions were crazy and off the wall. He was patient and helped me understand why or why not my ideas would or would not work.
Michael Kane
Josh is a highly technical and self-driven engineering leader with persistent interest in making systems run as efficiently as possible. As soon as Josh joined my team he was extremely helpful and prescriptive about pointing out areas of improvement in our backend web services development in very specific and relevant ways. With little direction he was able to coordinate with the rest of the team and come up with realistic plans to level-up our legacy systems and workflows, push them forward through implementation, and architect new backend solutions based on the latest backend technology in the industry. Josh is highly capable of leading the development of new backend systems and has a very measured process of analyzing/optimizing existing systems as well.
Mary Hayes
I have worked with Josh for many years. He is a pleasure to work with. He has many strengths and is an excellent programmer. He is very smart, caring and compassionate. He has been my go to for multiple complex projects. He is the strong silent type who put his head down to get the job done. He is an asset to any organization. There are times when my questions were crazy and off the wall. He was patient and helped me understand why or why not my ideas would or would not work.
Michael Kane
Josh is a highly technical and self-driven engineering leader with persistent interest in making systems run as efficiently as possible. As soon as Josh joined my team he was extremely helpful and prescriptive about pointing out areas of improvement in our backend web services development in very specific and relevant ways. With little direction he was able to coordinate with the rest of the team and come up with realistic plans to level-up our legacy systems and workflows, push them forward through implementation, and architect new backend solutions based on the latest backend technology in the industry. Josh is highly capable of leading the development of new backend systems and has a very measured process of analyzing/optimizing existing systems as well.
Mary Hayes
I have worked with Josh for many years. He is a pleasure to work with. He has many strengths and is an excellent programmer. He is very smart, caring and compassionate. He has been my go to for multiple complex projects. He is the strong silent type who put his head down to get the job done. He is an asset to any organization. There are times when my questions were crazy and off the wall. He was patient and helped me understand why or why not my ideas would or would not work.
Experience
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BluePipes, Inc
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Staffing and Recruiting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Principal Engineer
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Apr 2023 - Present
• Analyze features and concepts for the product roadmap • Implement features using scrum methodology • Develop and implement engineering solutions • Lead and manage technical projects from conception to completion • Communicate with stakeholders to gather requirements • Oversee and manage the design, development, and implementation of engineering solutions • Build APIs for SPA and mobile app • Provide technical expertise and guidance to the engineering team • Review code from peers and improve the code quality • Coordinate with other departments and stakeholders to ensure successful project completion • Analyze engineering challenges and develop solutions • Optimize existing features for performance • Monitor and assess the performance of the engineering team • Write unit, integration, and end-to-end test • Research, recommend and implement new technologies, processes, and procedures • Identify and document product features • Manage teams across the globe and remove any and all roadblocks they face Show less
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Age of Learning
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United States
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E-Learning Providers
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300 - 400 Employee
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Senior Software Engineer (Team Lead)
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Aug 2021 - Feb 2023
Planned and developed ABCMouse 2.0 API: ⦁ Took key metrics, issues and needs from the original 10+ year old api and developed a plan to improve and rebuild using newer technologies. ⦁ Created 4 key micro-services utilizing multiple AWS services including Cloudfront, CloudFormation and Kubernetes to more easily distribute the load and decrease the burden on databases ⦁ Determined and implemented the best database for each job, instead of relying on one database for everything. ⦁ Tied data in to an admin tools system decreasing the complexity and number of releases by more than 50% ⦁ Created and ran training programs to introduce new systems, concepts, and practices to different teams.Upgraded, Developed and Maintained the Adventure Academy API: ⦁ Added more than 50 new API endpoints consumed by the client that are used regularly ⦁ Created Database Migration, Banking, and other tools that are used regularly. ⦁ Designed new admin tools increasing productivity and decreasing time to release by 40% ⦁ Created and upgraded Docker containers to ease local, dev, and release development. ⦁ Working with PHP, MySQL, Couchbase, DataDog, NewRelic, Unity, Docker, Dynamodb, Kubernetes, AWS ⦁ Planned and executed entire API migrations from older, obsolete versions to newer versions and frameworks. ⦁ Co-ordinated and executed entire API migrations from older, obsolete framework and php version to the newer version and framework. ⦁ Ran meetings for the team, and attended leadership meetings. ⦁ Ran Cross Training programs teaching Unity Developers and design teams how the API code works, basics of PHP and databases etc. ⦁ Attended to or assigned bugs, code reviews and other tasks reducing stories that fell behind, or became blockers by more than 70% as per Jira metrics. Show less
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Software Engineer lll
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Oct 2019 - Aug 2021
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ADP
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United States
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Human Resources Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Application Developer (Data Science)
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Jul 2015 - Oct 2019
Developed 2nd-gen StandOut reporting system architecture, including modular design, unified and standardized interfaces and components, and mandatory access control (MAC) system:⦁ Boosted implementation speed by ~800%; library of available reports has grown 2.75x times in 1 year⦁ Decreased average data delivery time ~14x times, up to 580x⦁ Pushed completion of fully automated testing & validation system saving ~1000 man-hours per year⦁ Architected solutions to large data issues⦁ Forced data system standards and structure reducing bad data/data-connected issues by 99%Developed StandOut API used by the mobile app.⦁ Ran a team including 3rd party developers, a project manager and QA⦁ Planned, architected and built all endpoints⦁ Maintained and updated API in conjuncture with platform to maintain same functionality ⦁ Investigated and fixed production issues⦁ Perform Code ReviewsRedesigned and expanded core features and structures of StandOut 4.x (PHP/CodeIgniter, JavaScript/jQuery, AWS):⦁ Implemented fault-tolerant role-based access control (RBAC) system with deep feature-based inheritance logic adding options to comply with laws thus extending available market by at least 50%⦁ Fixed and upgraded existing functionality⦁ Brought the initial bug count per sprint down by more than 75% through improvements to coding practices. Show less
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Software Engineer
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Jul 2015 - Jan 2017
I was hired on as the 5th full time programmer at TMBC (The Marcus Buckingham Company) during its startup phase. TMBC was later acquired by ADP in January 2017.
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Branning Group
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United States
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Advertising Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Lead Web Developer
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Mar 2008 - Jul 2015
⦁ Worked on hundreds of websites including Chrysler, Crocs and several Billabong sites ⦁ Led several projects to completion ⦁ Managed up to 7 projects at one time. ⦁ Regularly met deadlines on multiple simultaneous projects ⦁ Created multiple reusable Content Management Systems for tons of sites ⦁ Developed and fine tuned data management solutions using databases ⦁ Have written extensive code in PHP, MySQL, Javascript, Ajax, CSS, HTML,ASP ⦁ Managed and added third party services to a myriad of websites ⦁ Coordinated with marketing, design studios and clients to create websites that meet all design and functionality requirements for a project. ⦁ Document and create solutions for bugs and other issues. ⦁ Exercised judgment and creativity in creating websites that met client specifications ⦁ Created many custom algorithms to solve client issues Show less
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Education
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2008 - 2011
Devry
Bachelor's in Computer Sciences, Simulation Programming
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