Summary
Joshua Rieken is a Senior Lead Software Engineer with eight years of professional experience building full-stack web applications for enterprise and defense customers. Based in Albuquerque, he specializes in Elixir/OTP and the BEAM VM while also delivering JavaScript SPAs and Ruby on Rails systems, blending functional concurrency expertise with pragmatic front-end and API work. At a Department of Defense contractor he leads remote teams and architects solutions that emphasize reliability and security, backed by a Georgia Tech master's in computer science and SANS security training. His background ranges from shipping an App Store Unity title to managing production Rails releases, reflecting a hands-on, product-focused approach to engineering leadership. Notably, his GitHub persona—农村来的后端—hints at a humble, rural-rooted perspective applied to sophisticated backend craftsmanship.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
A.S. Business Administration, A.S. Business Administration at Amarillo College
SEC-401 Security Essentials Boot Camp, SEC-401 Security Essentials Boot Camp at SANS
Amarillo Area Center for Advanced Learning
B.A. Philosophy Government, B.A. Philosophy Government at The University of Texas at Austin
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology