Joe Espena
Software Developer at California Department of Community Services and Development
Sacramento, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoe Espena is a pragmatic software developer with 11 years of experience delivering and maintaining web and enterprise systems for California state agencies. He combines hands-on development across .NET, Java, SaaS configuration (Accela), and legacy-to-cloud data synchronization with practical leadership—mentoring juniors, reviewing code, and owning CI/CD and security remediation. Joe has led payment integrations, complex interface and reconciliation work between third-party portals and state financial systems, and built batch processes and reporting that keep mission-critical licensing and benefits programs running. Comfortable working across the full lifecycle, he pairs a data-analytics MS from Boston University and a background in psychology/economics from UC Davis to translate stakeholder needs into auditable, reliable solutions. Notably, his career centers on bridging COTS platforms and custom code to modernize legacy systems while preserving operational continuity.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (A.B.), Psychology, Economics, 3.8, Bachelor of Arts (A.B.), Psychology, Economics, 3.8 at UC DavisMaster of Science (M.S.), Computer Information Systems - Concentration in Data Analytics, 3.8, Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Information Systems - Concentration in Data Analytics, 3.8 at Boston UniversityProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
espenaj/assignment1
Apr 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:5 pushes, 3 branches in 1 day
mattjhart54/CalCannabis
Mar 2020 - Aug 2020
CDFA California Cannabis
Contributions:20 commits, 20 pushes in 5 months
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