Joseph Young
Software Engineer at Evolent Health
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoseph Young is a full-stack software engineer and educator with a decade of experience building accessible, high-performance web applications using JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, and both SQL and NoSQL datastores. He blends hands-on client work and production shipping as a freelance developer with structured pedagogy from leading intensive cohorts at BrainStation, where he mentored hundreds of students through project-based learning and curriculum iteration. A former U.S. Army officer and musician, Joseph leverages discipline, rapid adaptability, and clear communication to manage cross-functional projects and tight timelines. He’s known for crafting scalable front-end architectures, prioritizing WCAG accessibility, and quickly onboarding into unfamiliar codebases to deliver maintainable solutions. Currently based in New York and contributing at JetBlue, he balances practical engineering with a teacher’s mindset to continuously improve developer and user experiences.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Political Science and Game Theory, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Political Science and Game Theory at New York University
Github Skills (19)
rendering10
chrome-extension10
react-applications9
react-devtools9
accessibility9
debugging9
react-fiber9
renderer9
state-management9
gatsbyjs8
nextjs8
gatsby8
performance-monitoring8
time-travel7
git6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
oslabs-beta/reactime
Feb 2022 - Mar 2022
Chrome developer tool and time-travel debugger for React applications (Gatsby and Next.js compatible)
Contributions:9 PRs, 16 pushes, 6 branches in 27 days
gatsbynext-jsreactdeveloper-toolreact-applications
Team-JACC/algo-tracker
Feb 2022 - Mar 2022
A tracker for job hunt algorithms with a daily suggestion to keep you working
Contributions:3 reviews, 10 PRs, 6 pushes in 2 days
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