Joe Blubaugh

Joe Blubaugh is an experienced software engineering generalist skilled in building high-volume backend services, data-processing pipelines, web applications, and mobile SDKs on iOS & Android. With a strong emphasis on frequent code review, comprehensive testing, and user-centric design, Joe is passionate about API and protocol design, creating efficient and easy-to-use software for both end-users and developers. His expertise extends to server-side architecture, including relational & non-relational databases, complex RPC interfaces in Go, Scala, and Java, as well as building image processing services. Joe also excels in designing developer APIs for iOS & Android, adhering to platform-specific patterns and expectations. He is drawn to early-stage ventures and businesses dedicated to enhancing customer experiences.

Joe Blubaugh's academic background includes studying EECS at UC Berkeley and obtaining a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from Purdue University. He has held various roles at notable organizations, such as Staff Software Engineer, Engineering Manager, and Software Engineer at Lightstep, Senior Software Engineer at Twitter, Software Engineer at Google, Computer Scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, EID Intern at GE Healthcare, and Jack of All Trades at Namo Media. Joe's specialties include GoLang, Distributed data systems, Scala, and iOS.