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Joseph Landry

Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer

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Accomplished Senior Full-Stack and Backend Software Engineer with 10 years of experience designing, scaling, and migrating high-availability systems. Proven track record of leading engineering initiatives, optimizing API performance, and architecting robust cloud infrastructure across financial services and enterprise entertainment domains. Expert in TypeScript/Node.js backend orchestration layers, AWS cloud migrations, and modern JavaScript frameworks, with a deep foundation in computer science and agile engineering practices.

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Bitcoin Depot, Inc.
Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer
Oct 2024 – Jul 2026Remote
  • Accelerated compliance deployment cycles from weeks to 2 days by architecting core features for a React front-end application controlling a massive national fleet of Bitcoin ATMs.
  • Successfully dockerized and migrated multiple legacy applications to AWS cloud infrastructure, designing robust GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines in close collaboration with DevOps teams to ensure seamless Infrastructure as Code (IaC) compliance.
  • Engineered high-throughput Node.js backend APIs utilizing Express, MongoDB, and Formance Ledger to manage secure financial transaction flows.
ReactNode.jsExpressMongoDBAWSDockerGitHub ActionsCI/CDTypeScript
DataAnnotation.tech
AI Data & Evaluation Specialist
Jan 2024 – PresentRemotefreelance
  • Perform software engineering evaluations and prompt engineering to train, benchmark, and enhance code-generation and reasoning capabilities of AI models.
  • Apply Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF) methodologies to evaluate and optimize model outputs for code quality, technical accuracy, and adherence to complex instructions.
AI EvaluationRLHFPrompt EngineeringCode QualityBenchmarking
The Walt Disney Company (TWDC) — DPEP
Senior Backend Software Engineer
Jan 2021 – Jul 2024Orlando, FL (Remote)
  • Led a cross-functional team of software engineers in developing scalable REST APIs and Node.js backend orchestration layers using TypeScript, JavaScript, Express, and Restify.
  • Directed legacy web service uplifts to AWS Cloud, establishing rigid enterprise coding standards, code reviews, and debugging workflows to guarantee system consistency and high-availability architecture.
  • Prioritized critical guest-facing features throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC), ensuring low-latency responses for millions of park visitors.
TypeScriptJavaScriptNode.jsExpressRestifyAWSREST APIsLeadership
The Walt Disney Company (TWDC) — DPEP
Backend Software Engineer
Mar 2020 – Jan 2021Orlando, FL (Remote)
  • Drastically improved guest throughput speeds at the front gates across the Resort by scaling a multi-index ElasticSearch API in JavaScript to deliver prompt, context-relevant guest data access.
  • Maintained, debugged, and optimized critical backend orchestration layers and Node.js microservices across the resort's digital landscape.
  • Provided Tier-3 application support, triaging and resolving high-priority runtime incidents affecting guest experience applications.
JavaScriptNode.jsElasticSearchMicroservicesAPI Development
The Walt Disney Company (TWDC) — DPEP
Software Engineer
Jul 2019 – Mar 2020Orlando, FL (Remote)contract
  • Developed and optimized Node orchestration layers using TypeScript, JavaScript, and Java backend services backed by comprehensive automated test coverage.
  • Engineered cross-domain search capabilities by championing performance enhancements to a legacy enterprise ElasticSearch implementation.
  • Participated heavily in complex enterprise deployment operations and production support infrastructure.
TypeScriptJavaScriptJavaNode.jsElasticSearchTesting
FRSA Self Insurers Fund
C#.NET and Angular Developer
May 2018 – Jul 2019Orlando, FL
  • Architected and delivered business-critical applications, including a secure online client payment portal and proprietary internal systems using C#, .NET Core, Angular, SQL Server, and Entity Framework.
  • Owned architectural systems design and technical decision-making for cloud-based applications deployed directly to Azure environments.
  • Guaranteed code reliability and production stability by writing extensive unit testing suites.
C#.NET CoreAngularSQL ServerEntity FrameworkAzure
FRSA Self Insurers Fund
Software Engineer Intern
Jul 2016 – May 2018Orlando, FLinternship
  • Maintained and extended core desktop applications using C#, .NET Framework, SQL Server, and Entity Framework.
  • Executed hotfixes and technical feature updates for the public-facing ASP.NET company website.
C#.NET FrameworkSQL ServerEntity FrameworkASP.NET
Bags Inc.
C#.NET Developer Intern
Feb 2016 – Jul 2016Orlando, FLinternship
  • Optimized data integrity by improving the reliability and processing speed of a Windows Service handling critical database conversions.
  • Built a custom C# WinForms utility to generate and print data bit streams, resolving legacy data synchronization errors.
C#.NETWindows ServicesWinFormsSQL
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Programming Languages
TypeScriptJavaScriptPythonC#ES6ES2021CSSSASS/SCSS
Frameworks & Libraries
Node.jsReactExpress.jsRestify.jsNext.jsAngular.NET Core.NET FrameworkASP.NETLINQ
Cloud & DevOps
AWS (Lambda, ECS, CloudWatch, Kinesis, S3, CloudFront)DockerGitHub ActionsCloudflareGoogle CloudJenkinsFirebaseAzureDockerization/ContainerizationCloud Migrations
Databases & Tools
PostgreSQLMongoDBSQLSQL ServerMySQLElasticSearchEntity FrameworkFormance Ledger
Methodologies
Systems DesignFunctional & Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)CI/CDUnit & Automation Testing
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University of Central Florida
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Aug 2014 – May 2018 · Orlando, FL
Database SystemsAdvanced Data StructuresAlgorithm Design & AnalysisSoftware Development Life-Cycle (SDLC)Systems & Network AdministrationObject-Oriented ProgrammingArchitecture Design