Summary
Joe Edwards is a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer in Austin with 11 years building backend services, APIs, and third-party integrations—particularly Go-based microservices and Python tooling for cloud-native systems. He has a strong startup pedigree, having led integration teams that scaled insurance data pipelines by 10kX and cut ETL error rates and pipeline turnaround times dramatically. Joe combines hands-on implementation (Node.js, Go, Python, DynamoDB, React) with system-level rigor: SLA-driven operational work, automated testing and IAC, and observability practices that reduced bug lifecycles and improved reliability. He founded a SaaS startup where he owned product, sales engineering, and automation as a solo engineer, giving him rare end-to-end empathy for customers and technical stakeholders. Currently advancing his expertise with graduate studies in applied AI, he brings a pragmatic blend of integration-heavy engineering and measurable operational impact.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's of Science Applied Artificial Intelligence, Master's of Science Applied Artificial Intelligence at University of San Diego
BS Computer Science Computer Software Engineering, BS Computer Science Computer Software Engineering at California State University, Fullerton
English