Joseph Babbitt
Software Engineer at Bloomberg
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoseph Babbitt is a software engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience building and improving developer-facing web applications, currently working at Bloomberg in New York. He brings strong front-end chops demonstrated by meaningful contributions to the popular prose content editor—modernizing its build, improving image upload UX, and automating deployments with GitHub Actions. His background blends production engineering internships at Bloomberg and Amazon with leadership roles in live events technology, where he managed sound, lighting, and technical teams—an unusual combo that sharpens both product empathy and operational discipline. Joseph is comfortable across the full stack and thrives on improving developer and user workflows, and he maintains a personal site (JoeBabbitt.com) as a hub for his work and interests.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
High School diploma with CTE accreditation and NHS honors, High School diploma with CTE accreditation and NHS honors at Brooklyn Technical High SchoolBachelor of Science - BS, Bachelor of Science - BS at Binghamton UniversityCIEE Council on International Educational Exchange
Github Skills (11)
gulp10
javascript10
user-interface10
front-end-development10
githubaction-workflow9
github-ci9
deploying9
html9
css9
backbone8
backbonejs8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
prose/prose
Jan 2024 - Sep 2024
A Content Editor for GitHub.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 18 PRs, 10 pushes in 8 months
Contributions summary:Joseph primarily contributed to the user interface and functionality of the content editor. They modernized the build process by updating package versions, making the gulpfile v4 compliant, and adding a GitHub Actions deploy script. Significant changes involved fixing image insertion behavior, enhancing the handling of image uploads, and improving the behavior of the publish button. These updates reflect a focus on improving the user experience and streamlining deployment processes.
cmscontent-editor
babbitt/UxHUMANo
Jul 2016 - Nov 2019
Contributions:6 PRs, 6 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 3 months
javascriptprototype-websiteprototypegooentrepreneurship
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