Joe Noel
Senior Software Engineer at Zwift
Stroud, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJoe Noel is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years' experience building desktop, mobile and embedded audio software, currently contributing at Zwift after a long tenure at Focusrite. He has led application development for products spanning DAW-integrated control apps, hardware device control (Thunderbolt/USB), and real-time DSP systems using C++ (JUCE, C++11/17), CMake and multi-threaded client/server architectures. His work bridges low-level device communication and consumer-facing mobile UX—shipping iOS React Native apps, macOS/Windows desktop tools, and real-time audio processing—so he understands both signal chain constraints and product ergonomics. He pairs rigorous testing practices (Google Test, mocha.js/Node) with agile delivery, and has driven declarative support for 10+ device variants with diverse protocols. Based in Stroud, England, he combines a Tonmeister degree in music and sound recording with an MSc in software development, a background that gives him uncommon empathy for audio professionals while keeping systems robust and production-ready.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Sir Thomas Rich's SchoolMaster of Science (MSc) Software Development, Master of Science (MSc) Software Development at London Metropolitan UniversityBMus (Hons) Tonmeister (Music and Sound Recording), BMus (Hons) Tonmeister (Music and Sound Recording) at University of Surrey
Spanish
Github Skills (41)
udp10
react-native10
windows10
dgram10
linux10
cmake10
desktop-application10
midi10
visual-studio10
cpp10
testing9
ios9
cross-platform9
networking9
android9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
FocusriteGroup/juce-end-to-end
Oct 2021 - Jan 2023
Library to assist with end-to-end testing of JUCE desktop applications
Contributions:135 reviews, 43 commits, 126 PRs in 1 year 3 months
desktop-applicationtesting
joe-noel-dev/rawdio
Mar 2022 - Jul 2026
A Rust-based audio engine, inspired by the Web Audio API
Contributions:6 releases, 1 review, 213 PRs in 4 years 4 months
audiorustweb-audio-apidsp
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