Josh McDermitt

Engineering manager responsible for leading a cross-functional team delivering core SaaS features, with ownership over execution, technical quality, and team development.

• Lead and coached a cross-functional team of five software engineers and two QA specialists delivering customer-facing SaaS features used daily by thousands of users.
• Owned sprint planning, backlog grooming, estimation, and delivery tracking, improving sprint predictability and on-time delivery across multiple release cycles.
• Partnered with product, design, and executive stakeholders to translate quarterly business priorities into executable technical roadmaps.
• Provided hands-on technical leadership through architecture reviews, pull request feedback, and delivery of complex features impacting multiple product areas.
• Mentored engineers at multiple career stages through regular one-on-ones and growth plans, contributing to improved performance, engagement, and retention.
• Drove improvements in code quality and performance by reducing technical debt and improving development standards across the codebase. Increasing our TypeScript footprint from 20% to 80% of the codebase.
• Collaborated with the VP of Engineering on process and scalability initiatives that supported team growth and increased delivery capacity and efficiency.
• Successfully managed and delivered three to four concurrent initiatives at a time while maintaining clear ownership, timelines, and stakeholder alignment.

Senior individual contributor focused on building scalable front-end and full-stack features while leading technical design and code quality initiatives.

• Delivered scalable front-end and full-stack features supporting thousands of daily users across multiple product areas.
• Authored technical designs adopted by multiple teams and used as reference documentation for ongoing development.
• Modernization efforts reduced recurring defects and improved release stability.
• Partnered with backend engineers to define and evolve APIs, resolve integration issues, and improve end-to-end system performance.
• Contributed to codebase modernization initiatives that improved performance, reduced technical debt, and increased long-term maintainability.
• Refactored over 50 common components to meet updated design standards, increasing reuse and reducing inconsistent UI patterns across multiple product areas.

Frontend engineer responsible for developing modern, scalable user interfaces and improving performance and maintainability across the application.

• Built and maintained interactive user interfaces using React, TypeScript, Zustand, and RESTful APIs supporting multiple core product workflows.
• Designed and implemented reusable UI components and patterns adopted across multiple teams, reducing duplicated code and improving development velocity.
• Partnered closely with product managers and designers to deliver accessible, maintainable user experiences across several high-traffic features.
• Improved front-end performance by profiling components and reducing unnecessary re-renders, decreasing page load times by more than 3 seconds on key user flows.
• Developed shared component libraries that reduced feature development effort across multiple projects and improved application responsiveness.

Senior web developer working closely with leadership and clients to deliver custom web solutions and improve development processes.

• Delivered custom web solutions in collaboration with executive leadership, account teams, and clients.
• Organized and improved development processes to support team growth and predictable delivery.
• Led front-end architecture and development using React and modern JavaScript frameworks.
• Planned and executed technical SEO strategies for more than 30 client websites on a recurring basis.
• Championed mobile-first design principles within the organization, leading the adoption of progressive web applications and responsive design techniques.

Director-level role overseeing delivery, staffing, and operational efficiency across account services and development teams.

• Owned scheduling, prioritization, and delivery across account services and development teams.
• Improved departmental efficiency and profitability, increasing profit by nearly $500,000 within the first year.
• Established reporting, forecasting, and operational processes to support scalable growth.
• Monitor and report regularly on the progress of the development department
• Construct, articulate, and implement quarterly run rate and forecast sales opportunities based on projected workload pipeline

Technical lead responsible for planning and executing complex client projects while guiding developers and project managers.

• Authored and managed 50+ contracts spanning budgets from $20K to $1M+, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and alignment with business objectives.
• Led technical execution for enterprise and SMB clients, translating business needs into actionable development plans.
• Defined project scope, timelines, resource allocation, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Mentored developers, project managers, and account team members.
• Planned and managed custom .NET and JavaScript solutions, including API, ERP, and payment processor integrations.