Summary
Joe Colasurdo is a Principal Software Engineer with over a decade of hands-on experience designing and shipping high-performance, cloud-native systems across industries from healthcare to advertising and blockchain. He repeatedly leads cross-functional teams to deliver durable, scalable platforms using Go, Rust, Swift, Python, Kubernetes, and multi-cloud tooling, and has built everything from a 250k+ TPS write-optimized blockchain to a podcast audio-cataloging pipeline. Known for turning prototypes into production—often with custom protocol or RL components—he blends systems-level engineering with pragmatic product collaboration and strong stakeholder communication. Based in Tacoma, WA, he also brings a knack for inventing domain-specific algorithms (e.g., geospatial falsification scoring) and improving operational readiness via telemetry and observability.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Education, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Education at Central Washington University
English, Spanish