Joshua Brooks
Software Engineer at American Express
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoshua Brooks is a software engineer with eight years of experience building secure, backend-focused systems and APIs, currently contributing at American Express after senior backend and security roles at Elixxir. He blends a strong SDLC discipline with hands-on DevOps and cybersecurity practices, enabling reliable service delivery in both startup and enterprise contexts. His background includes teaching software engineering and networking at Boston University, reflecting an ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly. Joshua’s experience spans quality management, automation, and SQL-driven testing from early internships to production-grade backend architectures. Based in Los Angeles, he seeks mid-to-senior roles where he can pair technical leadership with practical engineering to improve system security and reliability. A less obvious strength is his recurring role at Elixxir that evolved from security engineer to senior backend developer, showing rapid growth in responsibility and cross-disciplinary impact.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree Computer Engineering, Master's Degree Computer Engineering at Boston University
English, Spanish
Github Skills (11)
thread-safety3
bloom-filter2
golang2
polkadot-js2
go2
object-detection1
computer-vision1
python1
machine-learning1
deep-learning1
tensorflow1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
joshem/EC601
Sep 2018 - Dec 2018
Contributions:26 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
joshem/EC601_DeepLearning
Oct 2018 - Oct 2018
Contributions:16 pushes in 1 day
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