Neelam Joshi
System Engineer at American Honda Motor Company, Inc.
Dublin, Ohio, United States
Summary
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SeniorNeelam Joshi is a seasoned System Engineer based in Dublin, Ohio with over 15 years of hands-on software development experience and nine years focused on product lifecycle delivery. She bridges front-end and back-end work—contributing to React/Flux client interfaces and Django/Python API servers—demonstrated by meaningful contributions to the open-source WeVote project improving APIs, electoral data handling, and UI-driven friend-invite flows. Her background spans enterprise R&D at Honda, senior engineering roles, and early technical architect positions, showing comfort with both large organizations and civic-tech startups. Known for pragmatic refactors and API-focused design, she combines deep domain understanding with a practical, maintainability-first approach to shipping features. An often-overlooked strength is her long-term continuity across projects, enabling her to translate legacy systems into modern, testable interfaces.
9 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (19)
component-based10
json10
javascript10
back-end-development10
apidoc10
python10
django10
responsive-design10
user-interface10
api10
modular-architecture10
react10
api-design9
restful-api9
api-rest9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
wevote/WeVoteServer
Feb 2017 - Mar 2018
We Vote's API application server written in Django/Python. Election data pulled from many sources, used by https://github.com/wevote/WebApp and https://github.com/wevote/WeVoteCordova and https://github.com/wevote/Campaigns.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:43 commits, 39 PRs, 4 pushes in 1 year
Contributions summary:Neelam made significant contributions to the We Vote server, primarily focused on enhancing the API's functionality. They modified existing APIs, specifically friendInvitationByEmailSend, to handle additional parameters. They also refactored the codebase by replacing references to serializers with values() and updated the API to utilize function-based views. Furthermore, the user introduced functionality for handling data related to electoral districts, parties, and positions, demonstrating a strong understanding of the server's data model and API endpoints.
apipythondjango-rest-frameworkdjangoapi-application
wevote/WebApp
Jan 2017 - Mar 2018
We Vote's javascript (client-side) mobile website built with React/Flux. Twitter: @WeVote Apple Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/we-vote-voter-guide/id1347335726 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wevote.cordova&hl=en_US
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:11 commits, 10 PRs in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Neelam primarily focused on front-end development within the React/Flux-based web application. Their contributions included modifying UI components, such as the About page, to enhance user experience and responsiveness. They also worked on refactoring and restructuring code, including renaming files and updating image references, to improve code maintainability. Additionally, the user implemented features like individual friend invites and integrating them into the UI with email validation.
built-with-reactapple-storevotereactjswe-app
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