Summary
Joseph Hammerman is a seasoned database reliability and systems engineer with over a decade of hands-on Linux and data-layer experience, currently focused on Postgres at HashiCorp. He has built and run highly available RDBMS and NoSQL backends across startups and large organizations—scaling MySQL at ad-tech firms, leading the global launch of iHeartRadio, and supporting fintech infrastructure at SecondMarket (now NASDAQ Private Markets). Joseph’s career includes early-stage operational growth at MobiTV and production-facing roles at Squarespace and Datadog, blending deep ops craft with platform-level reliability work. He thinks critically about data-oriented program architecture and evolvability patterns, pairing practical HA deployments with long-term system design. Based in Portland, he brings a pragmatic, knowledge-sharing approach and a track record of making complex launches look routine.
13 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Temple University