Joseph Mcilhargey
Staff Software Engineer - Advanced Intelligence Lab at Samsung Research America (SRA)
California, United States
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Top SchoolJoseph Mcilhargey is a senior software engineer with a decade of experience building features for conversational AI and consumer products, currently contributing to Samsung's Bixby team in California. He has a steady track record at Samsung (multiple stints) and Viv Labs, focusing on practical engineering that supports voice assistant capabilities and integrations. His background blends formal science training (Biochemistry/Chemistry) with self-driven software education (freeCodeCamp) and an associate degree in computer science, suggesting a methodical, data-oriented approach to problem solving. Prior roles in test engineering and payments/compliance give him a strong appreciation for reliability, edge cases, and operational rigor. Colleagues can expect an engineer who bridges research-minded curiosity with production discipline, comfortable moving between backend systems and platform-facing features. He often brings unconventional cross-disciplinary instincts—applying scientific reasoning to software design—to accelerate feature quality and troubleshooting.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Front-End Back-End, Front-End Back-End at freeCodeCampBachelor’s Degree Biochemistry - Chemisty, Bachelor’s Degree Biochemistry - Chemisty at UC Santa BarbaraAssociates Degree Computer Science, Associates Degree Computer Science at Diablo Valley College
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Github Skills (24)
git10
github10
sentiment10
programming-tools8
d3js8
twitter8
html5-canvas8
javascript8
typescript7
websocket7
e-mail7
mongodb7
react7
html6
streaming-data6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
jmcilhargey/chart-stock-market
May 2016 - Dec 2016
A company tracking app that requests real time stock data via websocket connections and draws interactive graphs with d3.js and HTML5 canvas. Uses Twitter streaming data and algorithmic analysis to explore relationship between company performance and Twitter sentiment. HTML/CSS, Javascript, React, Node, Express, MongoDB, d3.js
Contributions:28 commits, 24 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
cssd3jshtml5-canvasjavascriptmongodb
jmcilhargey/react-redux-express-mongo-starter
Jan 2017 - Jan 2017
Contributions:43 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 17 days
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