Joe Heth
Senior Software Engineer at Outdoorsy
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoe Heth is a Senior Software Engineer with 13 years of experience building resilient web platforms, currently shaping backend and frontend systems at Outdoorsy. He combines deep Ruby and JavaScript expertise—shipping Rails + Ember.js applications with MySQL, Elasticsearch, and zero-downtime AWS deployments—while championing automation across CI/CD and release pipelines. A long-time open-source contributor and gem author (dynamics_crm, soapforce, big_machines, easy_pdf_cloud), he also contributed Twilio proxy support to a popular Go library, demonstrating cross-language integration skills. Previously he led engineering at Octiv and introduced automated testing and CI practices as an engineering manager, blending hands-on coding with team enablement. Known for pragmatic problem-solving, he brings enterprise-grade experience from Boeing through fast-moving startups and a master’s in software engineering.
13 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Taylor UniversityMS, Software Engineering, MS, Software Engineering at George Mason University
Github Skills (11)
twilio-api10
api-rest10
rest-api10
go10
api-design10
restful-api10
webhooks9
sms9
sms-messages9
json8
testing8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
sfreiberg/gotwilio
May 2018 - Jan 2022
Twilio library for Go (golang).
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 5 PRs, 3 comments in 3 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Joe primarily focused on adding and supporting features related to Twilio's proxy service within the Go library. They implemented structures and functionality to handle proxy webhooks, session management, and message interactions. This included the creation of new API calls, data structures, and test cases to support these features. The commits demonstrate a deep understanding of the Twilio API and its integration with the Go codebase.
golangtwiliosmsvonagevoice
congaengr/dynamics_crm
Feb 2014 - Aug 2017
Ruby library for interacting with Microsoft Dynamics CRM SOAP API
Contributions:126 commits, 23 PRs, 39 pushes in 3 years 6 months
apimicrosoft-dynamics-crmdynamics-crmrubysoap
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