Summary
Joshua Butner is a Senior Designer-Developer and founder with 14 years of experience blending hands-on design and front-end engineering to deliver human-centered digital products. Based in Austin, he leads product work at SXSW while running GOTHS, applying a founder’s mindset to shape vision, execution, and team culture. He’s skilled at turning business goals into technically sound interfaces that scale, often connecting directly with users to iterate on real-world experiences. His background spans agency and product roles where he acted as both creative lead and primary engineer, accelerating delivery by collapsing design-to-code handoffs. Notably, he intentionally ships products that improve lives rather than just features, fostering environments where teams and users thrive.
14 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at University of Memphis
Recording Arts Technology/Technician, Recording Arts Technology/Technician at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU)
Vietnamese, Spanish, American Sign Language