Summary
Joel Whitney is a Principal Software Development Engineer in Test with a decade of experience building and leading test automation for mobile and web applications, currently driving native iOS and Android testing at Esri. He has a strong track record designing end-to-end automation frameworks using Appium, XCUITest, Jetpack Compose, Python, TypeScript, and CI/CD tooling, and has repeatedly integrated testing into delivery pipelines for continuous release. Joel has led and mentored distributed SDET teams, developed internal tooling (including an Appium plugin and REST APIs for VM/device management), and contributed to Appium-related open-source efforts. With an MS in Spatial Information Science and a background in geospatial tooling, he blends domain knowledge of GIS with deep automation expertise to improve developer productivity and product quality.
10 years of coding experience