Summary
Joshua Clingenpeel is a seasoned software engineering manager with over 18 years in the industry and 14 years at Amazon, currently leading Artist and Label Services for Amazon Music. He builds high-scale products that connect artists with fans, having launched Amazon Music for Artists (iOS, Android, Web) with near real-time streaming metrics and led delivery of Amazon Music Livestreaming and Artist Direct merchandise and accounting automation. Experienced across payments, QA, tooling, and SDE roles at Amazon and earlier companies, he brings a strong operational focus on reliability, testing, and automation. Joshua combines product-driven leadership with hands-on delivery—he has repeatedly grown and led teams that ship complex, multi-channel systems under tight timelines. Based in Seattle with a BA in Philosophy, he’s motivated by serving creative customers and translating artist needs into robust technical solutions.
17 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Philosophy, BA, Philosophy at Western Washington University