Joel Kanzelmeyer
Senior Engineering Manager at Kanzelmeyer Software Company
Snellville, Georgia, United States
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Top SchoolJoel Kanzelmeyer is a Senior Engineering Manager and co-founder with over a decade of hands-on web development experience, currently leading engineering at PrizePicks while running his own software company. He brings deep expertise in JavaScript, React, and Node.js, and a proven track record of guiding teams to build scalable, maintainable front- and back-end systems. Joel’s background spans individual contributor and leadership roles at FullStory, PureCars and The Weather Company, where he focused on shipping reliable production systems and improving developer workflows. An active open-source contributor, he’s fixed subtle browser and SSR edge cases in the high-performance Inferno.js library—demonstrating attention to platform quirks that improve real-world compatibility. Known for aligning technical solutions with business goals, he blends entrepreneurial grit with a pragmatic engineering approach.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Science (AS) Computer Science, Associate of Science (AS) Computer Science at Georgia State University Perimeter College
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Github Skills (15)
inferno10
javascript10
react10
jsx10
virtual-dom9
ios9
performance-analysis8
performance-monitor8
json6
css6
twitter-bootstrap6
jquery6
undefined6
google-maps6
angularjs6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
infernojs/inferno
Jan 2017 - Feb 2017
:fire: An extremely fast, React-like JavaScript library for building modern user interfaces
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 8 PRs, 22 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Joel primarily focused on improving the Inferno.js library, specifically addressing browser compatibility issues and enhancing code stability. Their contributions included implementing a workaround for iOS `onClick` event handling and fixing issues related to SVG namespace handling in the Inferno-compat package. Furthermore, they resolved problems within the server-side rendering functionality to prevent unhandled exceptions. They also optimized the codebase by converting spaces to tabs.
javascriptreact-likeinfernovdomperformance
kanzelm3/angular-video-bg
Jun 2015 - Oct 2016
An Angular.js YouTube video background player directive that stresses simplicity and performance.
Contributions:20 releases, 69 commits, 5 PRs in 1 year 4 months
angularjsyoutube
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