Joe Wasson
Co-Founder And Lead Engineer at Avental
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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SeniorJoe Wasson is a seasoned software leader and full-stack engineer with 14 years of experience, currently steering product and platform engineering as Co-Founder and Lead Engineer at Avental while continuing as a Principal Software Engineer at SendOwl. He specializes in backend and distributed systems for e-commerce and payments, delivering scalable, reliable software while prioritizing sustainable engineering and thoughtful debt management. A proven mentor and team-builder, Joe focuses on turning around struggling projects by applying principled patterns, fostering transparent communication, and aligning technical decisions with user value. An active open-source contributor, he has worked on qmk_firmware, adding one-handed typing support and steno protocol integrations, reflecting breadth beyond typical web apps. His career spans roles at Stripe, Google, Microsoft, and beyond, underscoring a rare blend of hands-on engineering depth and leadership across startups and large enterprises. Based in Seattle, he combines core technical chops with a passion for learning, collaboration, and sustainable development, plus a side love of music production.
14 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (14)
c1710
firmware10
c-plus10
qmk10
c1110
c-plus-plus10
qmk-firmware10
keyboard9
keyboardlayout9
steganography9
keyboard-input9
atmelstudio8
avr8
atmel8
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
qmk/qmk_firmware
Jul 2016 - Nov 2020
Open-source keyboard firmware for Atmel AVR and Arm USB families
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:46 commits, 27 PRs, 41 comments in 4 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Joe primarily contributed to the firmware for open-source keyboards. Their work included fixing compiler warnings, adding support for one-hand typing with the `ACTION_SWAP_HANDS` action and configuration options, and adding default swap configs. The user also improved the one-hand support feature by adding more actions and tap keys. Furthermore, the user implemented support for the GeminiPR steno protocol and also added the TX Bolt protocol support for Stenography.
rp2040firmwareavratmelkeyboard-support
Talljoe/steno-dictionary
Jul 2017 - Aug 2017
Contributions:38 commits, 22 pushes, 1 branch in 14 days
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