Joseph Tarbit
Custom Software Engineering Sr Analyst at Newcastle University Students' Union
Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJoseph Tarbit is a pragmatic software engineer with nine years of experience who currently serves as a Custom Software Engineering Senior Analyst at Accenture UK & Ireland. He has led backend systems and game-mod projects—most notably as Lead Software Engineer at NEXUS NODE where he steered Crafting Dead—and contributes to high-profile open-source work on Minecraft Forge, fixing core engine issues and improving event systems. Skilled in Java and backend development, he has a track record turning modding ecosystems into robust multiplayer experiences and has held lead roles at Bear Labs and Hybrid Intelligence. Based in Newcastle upon Tyne, he pairs formal computer science training with hands-on distributed and game-focused engineering, and moonlights as a sound and lighting engineer, reflecting a practical, multidisciplinary approach to problem solving.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s of Science Computer Science, Bachelor’s of Science Computer Science at Newcastle UniversityFurze Platt Senior School
Github Skills (8)
javas10
minecraft10
forge10
event-handling10
modx10
mod-manager10
java10
api-design9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
MinecraftForge/MinecraftForge
Feb 2020 - Jul 2022
Modifications to the Minecraft base files to assist in compatibility between mods. New Discord: https://discord.minecraftforge.net/
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:15 reviews, 7 commits, 24 PRs in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Joseph primarily focused on improving the Minecraft Forge modding environment. Their contributions included fixing issues related to food effects, enhancing the tick event system by providing access to the `haveTime` supplier, and deprecating an API. They also addressed a bug concerning chat event handling. The user demonstrated expertise in Java and the internal workings of the Minecraft Forge framework.
computercraftminecraftminecraft-forgefabricmod
nexusnode/crafting-dead
Oct 2018 - Jan 2023
The Minecraft zombie survival mod.
Contributions:18 releases, 33 reviews, 587 commits in 4 years 4 months
minecraftzombiemodforge-modsurvival
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