Josh Kelley
Principal Engineer Executive Director at Wells Fargo
Thurmont, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolJosh Kelley is a Principal Engineer and Executive Director with 13 years of experience architecting developer enablement platforms at Wells Fargo, where he leads frameworks and UX efforts that accelerate thousands of engineers’ productivity. He blends full-stack craftsmanship—contributing to prominent open-source projects like Chart.js and Joi—with deep front-end and TypeScript expertise to improve developer experience and type safety across large codebases. Known for pragmatic leadership, Josh builds common infrastructure and reusable Angular/React tooling that lets product teams move faster while reducing duplication. A lifelong developer and recovering sysadmin based in Thurmont, MD, he pairs hands-on bug fixes (including subtle cross-monitor and build issues) with strategic platform design.
13 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
BS Math and Computer Science, BS Math and Computer Science at Mount St. Mary's UniversityMS Computer Science, MS Computer Science at Hood College
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Github Skills (67)
annotations10
plugin-development10
charting10
zooming10
eclipse10
javascript10
charts10
hapi10
front-end-development10
esmodules10
html10
typescripts10
annotate10
schema-validation10
delphi10
Programming languages (25)
Github contributions (5)
chartjs/chartjs-plugin-zoom
Jan 2021 - Nov 2022
Zoom and pan plugin for Chart.js
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 11 commits, 21 PRs in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Josh implemented and refined features for the Chart.js plugin, focusing on core functionality like zooming, panning, and drag-to-zoom capabilities. They addressed bug fixes related to zero-dimension scales and incorrect event listener removal, improving the robustness of the plugin. Additionally, the user refactored code for better state management, added documentation, and improved the overall user experience with fixes to the drag-to-zoom functionality. They also added and improved functionality for the ES module format.
chartzoom-and-panpluginpanchartjs
project-jedi/jvcl
Jul 2013 - Oct 2015
JEDI Visual Component Library
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 4 PRs, 1 comment in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Josh primarily focused on fixing and improving components within the JEDI Visual Component Library. Their commits addressed build issues in C++Builder, maintained backward compatibility, and reapplied patches related to preview functionality. Additionally, the user fixed an obscure bug involving hidden scroll bars and updated the dialog to show the TJvBrowseForFolderDialog on the active monitor. They also addressed an issue in JvGnugettext.hpp and corrected validation behavior within the library.
reactcomponent-libraryjedivisual-component
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