Josh Bender
Team Lead, Lead Software Engineer at Genesys
Galway City, Connacht, Ireland
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolJosh Bender is a seasoned software engineer and team lead with a decade of experience building backend and full-stack systems, currently leading engineering efforts at Genesys from Galway. He progressed through roles from software engineer to senior and now team lead, demonstrating steady technical growth and people leadership within a single large product organization. Josh combines practical engineering chops with a curiosity for new technologies and a collaborative, empathetic approach—aptly summed up by his GitHub tagline, "Software Developer with a big heart." His background spans startup-style backend work and front-end development, underpinned by a Computer Software Engineering/Interactive Gaming education, which gives him a creative edge in problem solving. Colleagues can expect a leader who ships reliable solutions and mentors teams while staying hands-on with code.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Software Engineering / Interactive Gaming, Computer Software Engineering / Interactive Gaming at Centennial College
English
Github Skills (13)
contentful8
git8
github8
patch6
react6
chrome-extension5
chrome4
rets3
subversion3
estate3
nodejs2
transaction2
javascript2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
jbendercode/contentful-ui-ext-colour-picker
Jan 2018 - Mar 2019
Colour picker UI extension for Contentful
Contributions:3 commits, 1 PR, 2 pushes in 1 year 1 month
contentfulreactpickerui-extensioncolour
jbendercode/comp392-assignment3
Mar 2016 - Mar 2016
Comp 392 Assignment 3 for Advanced Graphics
Contributions:17 pushes, 1 branch in 16 days
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