Joel Rainwater is a versatile software engineer with 12 years of experience building full‑stack web and native applications, currently leading frontend work on Arista Networks' CloudVision telemetry teams from Dublin. He has a proven track record delivering enterprise e‑commerce PWAs and integrations—most notably leading the rebuild of Netatmo’s Magento 2 + Vue Storefront shop and contributing video-enabled product gallery features to the popular Vue Storefront project. Comfortable from CMS-era WordPress sites through Magento, Node APIs, and Swift, Joel thrives on solving "impossible" problems by designing pragmatic, custom solutions and mentoring teams to deliver them. His background as a fractional CTO and owner-developer gives him a practical operational lens—server setup, documentation, and onboarding—so he bridges product, engineering, and client needs effectively.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
None Mass Communication/Media Studies, None Mass Communication/Media Studies at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU)
Alokai is a Frontend as a Service solution that simplifies composable commerce. It connects all the technologies needed to build and deploy fast & scalable ecommerce frontends. It guides merchants to deliver exceptional customer experiences quickly and easily.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:4 reviews, 27 commits, 7 PRs in 8 months
Contributions summary:Joel primarily focused on enhancing the product gallery component within the Vue Storefront project. Their commits involved integrating video functionality, including Vimeo and YouTube support, into the product gallery carousel and zoom view. The changes included modifications to existing components, the addition of a product video component, and updates to the core catalog helpers to accommodate video data. Further contributions include improvements to the zoom carousel, optimizing the display and interaction with product images and videos.
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Joel Rainwater - Software Engineer at Arista Networks