Joe Parks
Base Privacy - Senior Software Engineer at Coinbase
Portland, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoe Parks is a senior software engineer in Portland, Oregon with nine years of experience building backend and full-stack systems using TypeScript/Node.js, Python/Django, Rust, React, Kubernetes, AWS, Kafka, and SQL. He currently works on privacy-focused infrastructure at Coinbase (Base Privacy) while also contributing at IF Labs, bringing production-grade expertise in distributed systems and cloud-native deployments. His open-source contributions include core backend work on the privacy-centric Iron Fish cryptocurrency—adding CLI tools, refactoring RPC layers, and improving multi-asset transaction sync—highlighting both protocol-level and API integration skills. Prior roles at Invitae and Instagram show a track record of performance optimization, scalable server-side engineering, and shipping new React/Python products. Trained as a PhD biophysicist and data scientist, he blends rigorous research-driven problem solving with pragmatic software engineering. Colleagues describe him as a systems-minded engineer who surfaces subtle infrastructure debt and turns it into reliable, maintainable platforms.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Data Science, Data Science at The Data IncubatorBachelor of Science (BS) Biochemistry, Bachelor of Science (BS) Biochemistry at University of PortlandUniversity of California Santa Cruz
Github Skills (12)
cryptocurrency10
rust10
api10
back-end-development10
apidoc10
blockchain10
p2p10
command-line9
cli9
command-line-interface9
testing8
database-management7
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
iron-fish/ironfish
Oct 2022 - Jan 2023
A novel cryptocurrency focused on privacy and accessibility.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:4 releases, 725 reviews, 42 commits in 3 months
Contributions summary:Joe primarily contributed to the Iron Fish cryptocurrency project, focusing on the back-end infrastructure. Their work involved implementing core features such as account status CLI commands, refactoring memory clients, and removing dead code in the RPC layer. The user also worked on testnet deposit functionalities and the multi-asset transaction syncer, indicating involvement in both core protocol logic and API integrations. Key contributions include adding new functionalities, refactoring existing code, and creating CLI commands.
accessibilitycryptocurrencyblockchainp2p
iron-fish/wallet-server
Jul 2023 - May 2024
Contributions:57 reviews, 112 PRs, 184 pushes in 10 months
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