Joseph Damiba

Senior Full-Stack Engineer

About Me

Senior software engineer with 6 years of experience specializing in full-stack development with Next.js, React, and Node.js. Currently building data visualization tools and web services at @BrianTylerCohen YouTube (3 million+ subscribers).

Featured Projects

PopcornAI - Movie Recommendation Engine

PopcornAI

Get movie recommendations based on your resume. Winner of the 2025 SampleApp.ai Hackathon.

Next.jsQdrantTailwind CSS

What It's Like To Learn About LangChain

A short film I produced, wrote, and starred in about learning about the LangChain framework.

Technical WritingPythonAI
Photogen - AI Image Generator

Photogen

A full-stack Next.js application serving an AI image generator, with the ability to create models based on your own likeness.

Next.jsReplicateTailwind CSS
Ives - AI Project Manager

Ives

An AI powered project manager for your job search. Get matched with jobs and generate a calendar for your side-projects.

Next.jsQdrant
IO Plasma Torus Simulation

IO Plasma Torus Simulation

A 3D plasma torus simulation using WebGL and Three.js.

Next.jsThree.js

Blog Posts

Building a Music Recommendation System Pt. 1

Let's build an application that can visit Pitchfork and get music reviews.

QdrantNode.jsBrowserbaseStageHand

Upserting Twitch Live Chat Messages Into a Vector Database

Building a Node.js server that listens to Twitch live chat messages and upserts them into a vector database.

QdrantNode.jsTwitch API

Implementing Vector Search Using Qdrant and Next.js

A tutorial on how to implement vector search in Next.js using Qdrant.

AIJavaScriptTutorial

Introducing Ives - Your Project Manager for Your Job Search

An AI powered project manager for your job search.

AIJavaScriptTutorial

Experience

Backend Engineer

@BrianTylerCohen YouTube • Oct 2024 - Present

  • Architected and maintained a Node.js web service transforming live stream chats into real-time data visualizations
  • Developed a Discord bot for Substack subscribers, enabling seamless authentication and exclusive content access.
  • Led backend infrastructure decisions, ensuring scalability and efficiency.

Senior Front-End Developer

Artie • Sept 2022 - Jan 2024

  • Owned the development and maintenance of PongLegends.com, a full-stack Next.js web app delivering a 3D gaming experience.
  • Championed UI/UX enhancements, reducing page load time by 30% and increasing engagement metrics
  • Collaborated with backend engineers to optimize API consumption and ensure seamless data synchronization.

Full-Stack Software Engineer

Fluxon • Aug 2021 - Aug 2022

  • Led a team of engineers in feature development for a food delivery startup using Next.js and Google Firebase
  • Designed and developed a complete user interface component library (35+ components) meant to consume a healthcare API being developed by a healthcare startup with over $3 billion valuation

Front-End Developer

Plotly • Aug 2018 - May 2021

  • Developed and maintained Plotly's React-based Next.js marketing site, improving performance and user engagement.
  • Collaborated with the open-source community to enhance Dash (Python, R, and Julia) visualization documentation.
  • Worked closely with designers and marketers to launch high-impact feature pages and optimize conversion funnels.