Joseph Motacek
VP Research Analyst - (Senior Software Engineer) at Highbridge Capital Management
Appleton, Wisconsin, United States
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Top SchoolJoseph Motacek is a seasoned full-stack engineer and technical leader with 11 years of experience building scalable web applications, UI frameworks, and cloud-native architectures for finance and enterprise customers. Currently a VP Research Analyst and Senior Software Engineer, he led creation of an organization-wide Material UI-based component library (distributed via NPM) and drove Domain Architecture on AWS/EKS to unify multiple services under a single domain. He pairs front-end expertise (React, TypeScript, Redux) with DevOps leadership—managing Harness pipelines and Terraform/Kubernetes workflows—to accelerate delivery and improve reliability. His background as a senior signal officer in the Wisconsin Army National Guard informs a disciplined, security-minded approach to systems design and cross-team advising. Known for translating complex trading and operational requirements into maintainable software, he also brings hands-on experience modernizing legacy stacks and integrating AI-driven automation.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Basic Officer Leader Course (2011) & Signal Captains Career Course (2017), Basic Officer Leader Course (2011) & Signal Captains Career Course (2017) at Signal School - Fort Gordon, GABachelor of Arts Web and Digital Media Development Business Administration Military Science, Bachelor of Arts Web and Digital Media Development Business Administration Military Science at University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
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Github Skills (200)
react-redux10
distributed-ledger10
node-red10
fabric10
modular10
ledger10
scale10
privacy-preserving10
react-router10
hyperledger-fabric10
consensus10
redux10
blockchain10
hyperledger10
react10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
Cleanshooter/material-grid
Nov 2016 - Jan 2017
Contributions:28 commits, 1 PR, 24 pushes in 2 months
Cleanshooter/extract-us-city
Aug 2019 - Jul 2022
A library that extracts City, State and Zip information from text and provides a structured response.
Contributions:32 commits, 9 PRs, 28 pushes in 2 years 11 months
city-statestructuredregionzipextracts
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