Joe Knowles
Senior Full Stack Engineer at Clear Skies
Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJoe Knowles is a Senior Full Stack Engineer with 11 years of experience building user-facing and back-office SaaS products, primarily at fast-growing startups across the UK. He blends React/React Native front-end expertise with backend experience from Ruby on Rails to help early-stage teams scale—from being the 5th hire at WealthKernel to driving traction as the second full-stack engineer at Polar Analytics. Currently focused on research integrity analytics at Clear Skies, he has a track record of shipping practical, product-focused features that support fundraising and customer growth. Trained at Makers Academy after a Biology degree from the University of York, he brings a scientific curiosity to engineering problems and an appreciation for data-driven product decisions.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Web Development, Web Development at Makers AcademyBachelor of Science (BSc) Biology General, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Biology General at University of YorkA-Levels and GCSEs, A-Levels and GCSEs at Heckmondwike Grammar School
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Github Skills (70)
firebase10
hybrid10
auth10
twitter10
browser10
validation10
vue-testing-library10
react-testing-library10
react-framework10
compiler10
form-builder10
angular-testing-library10
react-hooks10
static-site-generator10
testing-library10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
joejknowles/pass-time
Dec 2024 - Sep 2025
Contributions:255 pushes, 2 branches in 9 months
joejknowles/Open-Up
Jan 2017 - Aug 2017
Contributions:324 commits, 162 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
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