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Joshuah Charney
Cypress,TX
Summary
Software engineer with extensive experience building and operating backend services, APIs, and cloud infrastructure. Experienced across the full software development lifecycle, including application development, automated testing, CI/CD, containerization, observability, and production reliability.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
DevOps Engineer
Better Business Bureau
Richmond, Virginia
01.2024 - Current
- Spearheaded containerization and modernization of infrastructure, achieving savings of approximately $200,000 annually.
- Implemented comprehensive automation for CI/CD pipeline to ensure rapid releases.
- Developed containerized environments for all applications, streamlining deployment processes and reducing time to market.
- Automated Jira ticket integration with development and release tracking, improving workflow transparency and coordination.
- Enabled automatic generation of release notes during app launches, ensuring timely updates for teams on deployment status.
- Recognized as the go-to expert for infrastructure and DevOps solutions within entire development team.
Full Stack Developer
Better Business Bureau
Richmond, Virginia
11.2021 - 01.2024
- Designed, developed, and maintained production applications and backend services using TypeScript and .NET, supporting business-critical workflows and application functionality.
- Modernized legacy .NET Framework applications by migrating them to .NET Core, improving maintainability and establishing a stronger foundation for continued development.
- Built automated validation and build tooling for pull requests, helping catch code and type issues earlier in the development lifecycle.
- Developed integration tests covering application behavior across database-backed workflows, improving confidence in changes before production deployment.
- Helped standardize engineering and pull request practices across the team, improving consistency in code review and software delivery.
- Facilitated bi-weekly team bonding meetings to enhance collaboration and communication within the development team.
Lead Full Stack Developer
StormFire Technologies, Inc.
Houston, Texas
09.2015 - 11.2021
- Led an agile software development team building a social gaming application, contributing across application architecture, backend services, APIs, and a React Native client.
- Designed and developed the core API layer supporting application functionality and data exchange between client applications and backend services.
- Built Node.js and GraphQL APIs for internal and external consumers, supporting application features and streamlining the delivery of new functionality.
- Collaborated with engineers to develop a real-time chat service in Elixir, expanding the platform's communication capabilities and supporting user-to-user interaction.
Education
High School Diploma -
Cy-Fair Senior High School
Houston, TX06-2014
Some College (No Degree) - Information And Communication Technology
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TXSkills
- Backend Development
- API Design
- Distributed Systems
- Golang
- Object-Oriented Programming
- NET/C#
- TypeScript/JavaScript
- Nodejs
- Integration Testing
- Cloud Services
- Containers/Kubernetes
- CI/CD
- Observability
Timeline
DevOps Engineer
Better Business Bureau
01.2024 - Current
Full Stack Developer
Better Business Bureau
11.2021 - 01.2024
Lead Full Stack Developer
StormFire Technologies, Inc.
09.2015 - 11.2021
High School Diploma -
Cy-Fair Senior High School
Some College (No Degree) - Information And Communication Technology
Texas Tech University