Josh Baker
Software Engineer at Maple
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJosh Baker is a versatile software engineer with 11 years of experience building web and mobile JavaScript applications, currently enhancing family-focused experiences at Maple. His long tenure at Shopify saw him lead cross-platform initiatives—prototyping and shipping React Native builds for Ping, expanding chat integrations, and shaping Checkout UI Extensions with advanced SSR and pre-rendering techniques. Comfortable across front-end, API design, and performance work, he pairs pragmatic engineering with product-minded UX sensibilities and a knack for hiring and growing teams. A former infantryman with hands-on leadership in crisis response, he brings discipline and practical problem-solving to complex projects. Outside of work he explores game development and Unreal Engine, blending playful experimentation with production-grade software craft.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Web Development Computer Science, Web Development Computer Science at General Assembly
English
Github Skills (63)
design-tokens10
oclif10
shopify10
typescript10
vscode-extension10
figma-plugin10
component-library10
hydrogen10
react10
plugin9
push-notifications9
java9
code-generator9
csharp9
schema9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
GregOSF/BSW-GivingTree
Oct 2015 - Nov 2015
Contributions:28 commits, 4 PRs, 15 pushes in 23 days
worldwide
joshlbaker/dotfiles
Jun 2021 - Nov 2023
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
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