Josh Bowden
Senior Software Engineer II, Design Systems Tock at American Express
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
🤩
Rockstar🎓
Top SchoolJoshua Bowden is a senior design-systems engineer with 8 years of experience building scalable component libraries and tooling that bridge design and engineering. Currently at American Express Tock, he recently led development and adoption of a custom token system that enabled theming across four major projects, demonstrating both technical execution and organizational influence. He has driven architecture and developer-experience improvements at GitHub and CarGurus, including automation via GitHub Actions and Webpack plugins, and serves as an engineering mentor focused on accessibility and career growth. Known for convening cross-functional strategy sessions, he translates high-level vision into measurable roadmaps and shipped deliverables. Based in Boston, he blends product-minded engineering with hands-on implementation and a track record of helping early-career engineers land roles.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
UMass LowellFront-End Developer Nanodegree Front-End Development, Front-End Developer Nanodegree Front-End Development at UdacityFull Stack JavaScript Web Development, Full Stack JavaScript Web Development at Treehouse
English
Github Skills (67)
component-library10
react-component10
meta10
designer10
react10
react-components9
javascript9
clarity9
ui-components9
testing9
timezone9
css9
sass9
frontend9
pattern-lab9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
JoshBowdenConcepts/JoshBowdenConcepts
Mar 2021 - Sep 2023
Contributions:21 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 6 months
JoshBowdenConcepts/willow
Nov 2024 - Apr 2025
Contributions:1 PR, 63 pushes, 2 branches in 5 months
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.