Joel Horne
Teaching Assistant at J.F. Taylor, Inc
Lexington Park, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolJoel Horne is a software engineer and educator with eight years of hands-on experience, currently serving as a Teaching Assistant at Penn State Harrisburg while working as a Junior Software Engineer at J.F. Taylor, Inc. He is fluent in Java and well-versed in C and Python, applying those skills to both academic and production environments. A 2020 York College of Pennsylvania graduate and former team lead on the YCAS Radio Telescope backend project, he has practical experience coordinating open-source engineering efforts. Joel balances technical work with creative pursuits as a trumpet and bass guitar player, which informs his collaborative and disciplined approach to projects. Based in Lexington Park, Maryland, he is pursuing a master’s in computer science and brings a blend of teaching, backend development, and team leadership to software initiatives. Notably, his radio telescope contributions reflect an ability to bridge hardware-adjacent systems and software contracts in real-world research settings.
8 years of coding experience
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at Penn State HarrisburgYork College of Pennsylvania
Github Skills (4)
telescope9
software-design8
architecture7
docker6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
YCPRadioTelescope/RT-Contracts
Sep 2019 - May 2020
Back-end architecture for the Radio Telescope Senior Software Design Project for the 2018-2019 academic year
Contributions:230 commits, 183 pushes, 69 branches in 8 months
software-designseniordockerdesign-projectradio
jhorne98/config
Jun 2018 - Mar 2025
Contributions:39 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 9 months
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