Joseph Damiba.

Hello! I am Joseph Damiba, a full-stack software engineer with six years of experience.

Portfolio.

EmbedEval

An AI devtool to help developers find the best text embedding model for their RAG chatbot. Built with Next.js, Qdrant, and Langchain.

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PhotoGen

An AI photo generation Software-as-a-Service web application that lets users create an AI model of themselves and take pictures. Built using Next.js, Postgres, Replicate, Clerk, and Stripe.

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Twitter Clone

A text-based social network where users can write posts and follow other users. Built using Next.js, Tailwind CSS, and Postgres.

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Pokemon API

An API server that serves information about Pokemon. Features user authentication (signup, login), authorization with role-based access control (admin, user), token-based authentication using JWT (JSON Web Tokens), and secure password handling with hashing. Built with Node.js and MongoDB.

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The Pulse

A website that parses chat messages during Twitch and YouTube livestreams and creates data visualizations for an OBS overlay. Built using Next.js, Postgres, and Amazon EC2.

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What It`'s Like To Find Out About LangChain

A YouTube video showing people how to use LangChain to build applications with LLMs.

About.

Joseph Damiba is a full-stack software engineer, bringing with him a unique blend of technical expertise and communication skills. Joseph has a strong foundation in full-stack software engineering in JavaScript/TypeScript as a result of 6 years spent as a front-end web developer for startups in the software, consulting, and video gaming industries. His communication skills were developed as a public speaker in high school and college, where he participated in policy and parliamentary debating, culminating in a role as the Parliamentary Debate Coach at Cornell University, a position he held while earning a a Master's in Industrial and Labor Relations at the university. This prestigious degree enhances his understanding of organizational dynamics and communication strategies, crucial skills for effectively advocating for developers and fostering strong relationships between tech companies and their developer communities. With his technical acumen, communication skills, and interdisciplinary education, Joseph is poised to excel in his new role, driving engagement and innovation in the tech ecosystem.

Resume

I'm a full-stack software engineer.

Architecting and implementing full-stack, distributed systems

Experience

July 2024 - Present

Part-time

Lead Full-stack Software Engineer at The Pulse

  • Designed and implemented a full-stack distributed system using Amazon EC2, Node.js, Vercel, Next.js, and Postgres that ingests chat messages written by viewers of YouTube and Twitch livestreams, parses them, and creates an interactive data visualization used as an overlay in OBS for a YouTuber with over 3 million subscribers

September 2022 - January 2024

Full-time, remote

Senior Front-end Developer at Artie

  • Designed and developed a Next.js application which served Artie's marketing website to 100,000+ unique monthly visitors and its flagship video game, Pong Legends, to 1000+f monthly active players

August 2021 - August 2022

Full-time, remote

Full-stack Software Engineer at Fluxon

  • Led feature development for a food delivery startup, working with a cross-functional team to ship a fullstack web application using Next.js and Google Firebase
  • Led 35+ client-facing status update meetings on a project to create a React.js-based reference front-end for a healthcare startup with over $3 billion valuation

August 2018 - May 2021

Full-time, remote

Dash Core Developer at Plotly

  • Contributed to the full lifecycle of software development for Dash, Plotly's open-source Python data visualization software which is installed over 3,000,000 times each month. Most notably, designed and developed the Dash For Julia documentation

Education

Cornell University

Master's, Industrial and Labor Relations

Rochester Institute of Technology

Bachelor's of Science, Applied Arts and Sciences

Skills

Languages

  • JavaScript

Frameworks

  • React

Others

  • Git
  • Postgres
  • AWS EC2