Josh Villbrandt
Senior Software Engineer at Blue Robotics
California, United States
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Top SchoolJosh Villbrandt is a Senior Software Engineer with 13 years of experience blending robotics, front-end UX, and scalable backend systems, currently at SpaceX and serving on the board of Blue Robotics. He specializes in embedded-electrical integration and complex robotics algorithms (localization, navigation, computer vision) while also shipping polished web front ends using Angular, Autobahn websockets, and rich visualizations. Josh has led cross-functional teams to rebuild large robot management systems, architected satellite-constrained telemetry and real-time mission monitoring for ocean robots, and created tools now used across multiple vehicle programs at SpaceX. A hands-on leader and former founder, he established CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and autonomous team processes at startups like Stellar Pizza and Gravitr. He contributes to open-source API tooling—improving REST behavior and document versioning in the popular pyeve/eve project—showing a pragmatism for standards and production-readiness. Based in California with an MS in Computer Science (Intelligent Robotics) and a BS in Aerospace Engineering, he combines aerospace-grade rigor with product-focused delivery.
13 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Computer Science with Specialization in Intelligent Robotics, MS, Computer Science with Specialization in Intelligent Robotics at University of Southern CaliforniaDallastown Area Senior High School
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Github Skills (15)
api-rest10
rest-api10
versioning10
python10
api-design10
flask10
restful-api10
flask-ask10
mongodb-database9
mongodb9
eve6
javascript6
tox6
angularjs6
angular-ui-router6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
pyeve/eve
Nov 2013 - Dec 2014
REST API framework designed for human beings
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:54 commits, 12 comments, 3 issues in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Josh primarily focused on improving the REST API framework. Their contributions include fixing typos and adhering to HTTP standards by modifying the GET behavior on list resources. Furthermore, the user added support for document versioning and implemented features for the ?version=diffs functionality, enhancing the API's capabilities for document management.
restrest-apipythonflaskmongodb
bluerobotics/bluerov-ros-pkg
Feb 2015 - Mar 2016
This repository is currently RETIRED, UNSUPPORTED, and UNMAINTAINED
Contributions:84 commits, 1 PR, 74 pushes in 1 year
roboticsros-packageros2vehiclesros
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