Josh Kadis
Lead Software Engineer at The Wall Street Journal
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolJosh Kadis is a Lead Software Engineer in New York with over a decade building and unifying news-media products across web and mobile, currently shaping how The Wall Street Journal delivers reporting and storytelling. He blends hands-on engineering with product leadership—having led cross-functional teams at Alley and rebuilt product roadmaps at CyclingTips—while mentoring junior engineers and contributing to newsroom tooling, ML-backed research, and small integrations like Slack apps. Early roles at Quartz and Big Spaceship give him a strong foundation in user testing, frontend/backend development, and digital product strategy. Comfortable operating between newsroom and engineering, he’s known for turning editorial workflows into production-ready systems that scale. Outside tech he’s applied his skills to the cycling world, a thread that surfaces in repeat engagements with bike brands and membership-driven product thinking.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
University of Colorado at BoulderBachelor of Arts - BA, Bachelor of Arts - BA at Stanford University
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Github Skills (118)
cms10
hugo10
python10
automation10
ajax10
content-management-system10
blog-engine10
go10
fastest10
static-content10
pjax10
pushstate10
dom-manipulation10
data-engineering9
scheduler9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
alleyinteractive/wordpress-simplechart
Feb 2015 - Jan 2018
Create and render interactive charts in WordPress using Simplechart
Contributions:18 releases, 83 commits, 167 PRs in 2 years 11 months
wordpress
hackshackers/hh-prototypes
Nov 2016 - Mar 2021
Contributions:2 PRs, 10 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 4 months
prototypeswireframes
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