Joseph Flinn
Tech Lead & DevOps Engineer at Flinn Solutions
Spokane, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolJoseph Flinn is a Tech Lead and DevOps Engineer with six years of hands-on experience driving engineering operations, release automation, and scalable cloud deployments. He has led teams at Bitwarden to cut release cycle time over 50%, automate deployments by over 90%, and expand infrastructure to new regions to recover lost sales, blending tactical delivery with strategic systems thinking. Comfortable in both leadership and implementation, he’s contributed to notable open-source projects including Bitwarden and tmuxp, improving build pipelines, CI/CD, Kubernetes migrations, and security signing for Electron apps. Joseph prioritizes psychological safety and inclusive team cultures, coaching leaders to think strategically while keeping delivery grounded in measurable outcomes. He also runs Flinn Solutions, advising on digital transformation and practical AI-driven app development for event experiences. Based in Spokane, WA, he pairs a Master’s in Engineering Management with deep cross-cutting experience from infrastructure to developer tooling.
6 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Arts - AA General Studies, Associate of Arts - AA General Studies at Spokane Falls Community CollegeMaster of Engineering Management, Master of Engineering Management at Gonzaga School of Engineering and Applied ScienceB.S. Computer Science with Honors; B.A. Mathematics, B.S. Computer Science with Honors; B.A. Mathematics at Whitworth University
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Github Skills (42)
docker10
electron10
python10
configuration-management10
bash10
asp-net-core10
microsoft-azure10
dockers10
cicd10
yaml10
azure10
tmux10
cli10
onclick9
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Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
bitwarden/clients
Dec 2020 - Dec 2022
Bitwarden client apps (web, browser extension, desktop, and cli).
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Security Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Security EngineerContributions:173 reviews, 703 commits, 150 PRs in 2 years
Contributions summary:Joseph primarily focused on integrating and configuring Azure signing tools within the Bitwarden client build process. They implemented a custom signing script using `azuresigntool` and integrated it with the Electron Builder. The user addressed environment variable access, conditional signing based on the build target (.exe files), and debugging signing issues, contributing to securing the application's distribution process. The user also made adjustments to the CI/CD and build configurations.
web-browserclisafarifirefoxbrowser
bitwarden/server
Dec 2020 - Jan 2023
Bitwarden infrastructure/backend (API, database, Docker, etc).
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer & Backend Developer
DevOps Engineer & Backend DeveloperContributions:159 reviews, 122 commits, 183 PRs in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Joseph primarily focused on improving the deployment and build processes of the Bitwarden server. They configured the nginx content security policy and added version numbers to the output. The user also modified the build and run scripts, updating the docker image configurations and addressing potential issues with the self-host setup. Furthermore, they added Kubernetes proxy builds and events processor container images.
database-apisql-serverdockersignalrdatabase
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