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Hey, I'm Josh.
Engineer by trade, endlessly curious by nature — I build things, break things, and write about what I learn along the way.
20+ years building and maintaining production software across web, data, automation, and support operations. Currently working with Go, Kafka, Kubernetes, Postgres, Prometheus, and Grafana while continuing to ship pragmatic Cloudflare projects and spec-driven AI-assisted development workflows.
Recent Logs
All postsA short architecture note on turning a daily CSV into a static dashboard with Workers, D1, R2, and Astro.
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Notes on handling integration callbacks that fire before the provider's status endpoint has caught up.
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At a Glance
Current stack
Go, Kafka, Kubernetes, Postgres, Prometheus, Grafana
Core strengths
Architecture, automation, ETL, APIs, production debugging
Working style
Spec-driven, observable, failure-isolated, documented delivery
Projects
TypeScript Cloudflare Workers D1 R2 Astro
Fully automated ETF holdings tracker. A scheduled Worker fetches a daily CSV, writes structured data to D1, stores the raw file in R2, runs a diff engine to detect buy/sell/trim events, and triggers a Cloudflare Pages rebuild via deploy hook — all in a single execution with hash-based deduplication to handle stale upstream responses.
Astro Cloudflare Pages Cloudflare Workers
Active development of a broader ETF tracking application, expanding on the data pipeline capabilities built in AKREtrack.
Certifications
AWS Certified Machine Learning – Specialty
Amazon Web Services · Valid through Dec 2028
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Amazon Web Services · Valid through Jan 2029
Certified Essentials Automation Professional
Automation Anywhere · Valid through Jan 2027
Microsoft Certified: Data Analyst Associate (DA-100)
Microsoft · 2021
MTA: Database Fundamentals
Microsoft · 2017
Experience
Alliance Credit Union
Software Developer · Lubbock, TX · Mar 2025 – Present
- Develop Go microservices with Gin, Postgres, Kafka, Kubernetes, Prometheus, and Grafana across account application workflows.
- Built a Golang microservice managing the full account application lifecycle, integrating with three internal microservices and vendor APIs including Twilio (communications), Alloy (identity verification), and DocuSeal (document execution).
- Diagnosed and resolved a callback timing bug where a vendor's webhook fired before their status endpoint had updated — implemented a River queue background worker with configurable retries and backoff to poll for confirmed state changes without blocking the main request path.
- Translate verbal requirements into PRDs, GitLab epics, user stories, acceptance criteria, and prioritized implementation issues.
- Develop and maintain Next.js / React frontends using shadcn/ui and TanStack Query for data-fetching and server-state management.
Olive AI Inc.
Senior Production Support Engineer · Remote · Sep 2021 – Oct 2023
- Raised automation reliability from the low 80% to over 95% within a year through pattern analysis and systematic debugging of cross-system failures.
- Developed HIPAA-compliant robotic process automations using Selenium, Node.js, MongoDB, Postgres, and AWS (EC2, S3), deployed within CI/CD pipelines.
- Traced and resolved failures across multi-step automation pipelines; led Sev1/Sev2 incident response with cross-functional vendor coordination.
Texas Tech University
Lead PHP Programmer · Lubbock, TX · Jul 2023 – Dec 2023
- Architected a custom PHP framework and events management application utilizing SlimPHP, Medoo, Symfony packages, HTMX, and MS SQL.
- Trained and mentored junior programmers; enforced code quality through rigorous code reviews and standardized development practices.
Texas Tech University
Enterprise Business Analyst III · Lubbock, TX · Mar 2019 – Sep 2021
- Engineered ETL pipelines sourcing from SQL Server, MySQL, and Oracle databases.
- Developed web applications (.NET Core MVC, PHP, Python) for the Data Science team and built executive dashboards in Power BI and Excel.
- Authored epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria for web application and data pipeline projects; maintained Jira Kanban boards and managed backlog prioritization with stakeholders.
Texas Tech University
Web Developer (Programmer/Analyst IV) · Lubbock, TX · Jul 2013 – Mar 2019
- Led a team of student assistants through CMS and template migration projects covering 200+ websites using OmniUpdate CMS.
- Developed web applications including a website management console and a 3D printing project management system.
Availability
Open to select technical conversations
Best fit: API integrations, automation, reliability debugging, Cloudflare infrastructure, and systems that need clear written specs.