Josh Braegger is a mission-driven full stack software engineer with 14 years of experience building scalable, user-facing and backend systems from startups to Meta. He has spent nearly a decade on connectivity projects (Magma/Express WiFi) enabling internet access at scale and contributes backend features to the well-known open-source Magma platform. At Meta he’s worked across Reality Labs and Marketplace, bringing a pragmatic blend of systems, API and operations experience to product teams. Comfortable in Python, Go, Java and distributed systems, he has a history of shipping product features, improving deployment practices, and cofounding early-stage ventures. Based in Foster City, he pairs a long-term focus on impact with a practical, build-first approach to engineering.
15 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at Weber State University
Platform for building access networks and modular network services
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:200 commits, 20 PRs, 1 push in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Josh primarily contributed to the back-end functionality of the "magma/magma" repository, focused on adding features related to gateway management and configuration. Their work included implementing restart buttons on the gateway summary pages, modifying code for displaying last checkin dates, and adding server-side endpoints for network creation. They also made changes to the API, indicating a focus on developing and maintaining the server-side logic and APIs for the platform.
A gomemcache ServerSelector using the ketama selection algorithm
Contributions:6 commits, 5 PRs, 3 pushes in 6 years 4 months
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