Joe Dahlquist is a seasoned software engineer and founder with 14+ years building reliable, scalable systems across startups and Google, where he spent eight years on projects ranging from Stadia to Search and Google Research. He combines a scrappy hacker mentality with production-grade engineering practices, shipping systems in Rust, TypeScript, Node.js, and large-scale backend services. As Founder & CTW of Arcanyx Technical Wizardry he’s focused on stealth fintech and realtime architectures using gRPC, WebSockets, Next.js, and AWS. His background spans data science, actuarial analytics, and early open-source work around Socket.io and real-time web tooling, reflecting a rare blend of product intuition and low-level technical craftsmanship. Based in San Francisco, he’s comfortable moving between ML/NLP research problems and hands-on system design for high-throughput, user-facing services.
14 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
B.A. B.S. English Mathematics Physics minor, B.A. B.S. English Mathematics Physics minor at University of Idaho
Macros for testing conditions in Rust without panicking
Contributions:24 PRs, 21 pushes, 23 branches in 1 year 5 months
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Joe Dahlquist - Founder & CTW at Arcanyx Technical Wizardry