Summary
Joah Gerstenberg is a Staff Software Engineer in Austin with 12 years building complex front-end and IoT management systems, currently shaping device management at Block. He has driven product and architecture decisions—from leading Square’s Device Hub to prototyping next-gen frontend tooling—and regularly coordinates cross-functional rollouts and stakeholder alignment. His background blends real-time data visualization, TypeScript/React component libraries, and cloud-native microservices, with hands-on experience in GCP, Kubernetes, and CI/CD. Joah also organizes local JavaScript communities and co-owns a small business, reflecting a mix of technical leadership and operational entrepreneurship. Notably, he’s transitioned IoT portfolios through multiple generations while creating a secure TypeScript client library and MQTT-driven control components that scaled B2B deployments.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
English