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 rebuilding medical billing from the ground up at Candid Health.
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 8 years, I've had the opportunity to build software for startups and established companies in very different industries like devtools, healthcare, 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
Lead Front End Engineer | Candid Health
May 2024 - Present
Lead Front End Engineer at Candid Health. Automated medical billing backed by YCombinator, First Round Capital, and 8VC
- Currently leading frontend engineering
- Technical Experience: React, TypeScript, TailwindCSS, React Query, React Hook Form, Node.js
Senior Full Stack Engineer | Courier
May 2022 - April 2024
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 not looking for new opportunities, but my inbox is always open! Feel free to reach out to me at: