Summary
Joseph Geneva is a pragmatic back-end software developer with a decade of engineering experience and over four years focused on improving object-oriented code quality. Based in Massachusetts and currently at Optum since 2017, he brings steady delivery in agile teams, prototyping, and systems design for secure, production-ready applications. His background includes building responsive, accessible web interfaces and solving mission-critical communication problems for military and enterprise clients. He has hands-on experience across C#, SQL, HTML5/AJAX and security tooling, and has a track record of cost-conscious engineering such as customizing plugins to save university project budgets. Joseph pairs formal CS training from UMass Amherst with practical early-career roles that emphasize secure transmission and deployment planning, making him effective at turning design docs into reliable implementations. Notably, he blends legacy system know-how with modern agile practices, enabling pragmatic modernization in established organizations.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Associate's degree, Computer Science, 3.8 / 4.0, Associate's degree, Computer Science, 3.8 / 4.0 at Quinsigamond Community College