Hello, my name is
Josh Showalter
I am a Software Engineer
I am a full-stack software engineer with a specialization in Next.js and React, creating modern and intuitive web applications. Currently building a platform to handle product notification infrastructure at Courier.
About Me
Hey, I'm Josh! I'm a software engineer based in Denver, CO. I love building web apps that give users a sense of delight. My interests in software engineering started in college when I built a local polling mobile app called Pollar. Witnessing its adoption for the first time was a pivotal moment that ignited my career trajectory.
Over the last 7+ years, I've had the opportunity to build software for startups and established companies in very different industries like devtools, esports, ERP, and technology consulting. Take a look below for more details about the technologies I've used and the products I've helped create!
Where I Have Worked
Senior Full Stack Engineer | Courier
May 2022 - Present
Full Stack Engineer | UI Team Lead building notification infrastructure platform backed by YCombinator, Google Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners
- Led six-month UI "2.0" initiative across application through comprehensive component library and design system implementation, bringing 30% performance improvement and light/dark mode support
- Co-engineered drag-n-drop automation product for building/managing complex workflows, leading to notification volume increases in the hundreds of thousands per month
- Built notification digest engine to allow customers to efficiently manage recurring, preference-based daily/weekly notification digests for their end users
- Technical Experience: Next.js, Tailwind, GraphQL, Node.js, Serverless, AWS - Lambda/Kinesis/SQS/Dynamo/S3
Senior Software Engineer | Brag House
Jan 2022 - May 2022
Lead Engineer at Brag House building the community platform for all casual gamers
- Solely responsible for the architecture and implementation of the web application using Next.js and TailwindCSS to support streaming and community engagement
- Worked closely with Head of Product to drive strategic product direction and decisions
- Implemented Bingo-style game across the stack using React Native, Django/Python, and PostgreSQL
- Technical Experience: Next.js, TailwindCSS, TypeScript, Django, Python, PostgreSQL, EC2, Lambda, CloudFront, S3, Route53
Technical Architect | Accenture
Sep 2019 - Jan 2022
Technical Architect | Full-stack Engineer in the Cloud Native practice
- Technical architect responsible for full stack architecture, solution designs, and key technical direction/decisions.
- Full stack engineer for React/Angular cloud native web applications
- Architected, designed, and implemented Websocket solution across web, AWS infra, and backend to enable client/server communication for long running SQL calculations
- Developed an interactive map solution. Re-architected existing API, data layer, and database tables to increase API performance by more than 100% and support rendering of 1M+ pins
- Managed 2 offshore development teams
- Lead instructor for 5 week-long Angular fundamentals courses
- Key contributor/maintainer of internal Angular Best Practices guide
- Technical experience: React, Angular, TypeScript, HTML/CSS, Python, Django, EC2, API Gateway, Lambda, CloudFront, RDS, CloudWatch, Route 53
Front End Engineer | Nextworld
Jan 2017 - Sep 2019
Early software engineer developing a no-code ERP PaaS
- Co-engineered the UI/UX of a turing-complete logic workflow builder to enable business SME's to develop no-code enterprise applications
- Founding engineer for many of the core frontend components
- Re-architected critical Angular modules, reducing code lines by 56%
- Technical Experience: Angular 8, TypeScript, RxJS, Jasmine/Karma
Notable Projects
Check out my github to see my project work!
Contact Me
Currently open to new opportunities! Feel free to reach out to me at: