Lead the development of an AWS-hosted, serverless SaaS product. Consulted with all stakeholders to fit technology choices to product needs.• Designed the app’s SaaS serverless architecture.• Built APIs and async microservices in Python and Node.js (ES6+) Lambdas.• Modeled and used data in DynamoDB, MySQL (RDS) and OpenSearch.• Created GitHub & CodePipeline CI/CD systems.• Deployed with AWS CDK & Terraform, contributed to AWS CDK upstream.• Added Open Telemetry, monitored with Baselime & CloudWatch• Managed identity services for OIDC/OAuth2 & SAML SSO• Built AI-enabled product features using OpenAI & Amazon Bedrock• Coded for Next.js-based website & React-based SPA, used both Redux and hooks for SPA state management

At Colloco, Joshua manages the design and implementation of software solutions architectures, leveraging his multi-industry experience to ensure the delivery of versatile solutions for the real estate, investment, medical, and financial sectors. Employing his cloud, hybrid, and on-premises expertise, his communication skills, and his extensive experience in software development, Joshua specializes in effectively aligning IT systems towards the realization of organizational goals.

As an owner, principal, and developer of Pixel Tribe, Joshua tends to the growth the company by making decisions impacting all areas of the business. Joshua also oversees all internal and external software development of the company, ensuring consistency in the processes and in the quality of delivered products and services. Joshua is also often directly involved in the architectural and day-to-day development activities for the software that the company provides services for.

Joshua oversees ongoing research and development of the systems that integrate all of the Harkus front-end marketing components.

Responsible for setting technical policy and the overall technical strategy. Oversees forward-looking internal development. Strategic and technical consulting for clients. Leads in the development of client technology. Determines and documents the technical requirements for development projects. Creates the overall architecture and design of client software systems. Responsible for leading the production, deployment, and maintenance of client software solutions.

The Canadian Equity Group Inc. is a National Technology based Financial Services brokerage offering Mortgages, Insurance, Health Care and Investment products to Canadians coast to coast.

Developed custom application code for the consumer-side web portal. Created and implemented integration strategies for partner CRM systems. Performed maintenance development of legacy customer management software. Implemented workflow automation in the legacy customer management software. Transitioned the company to a consolidated collaboration platform.

Designed and developed a custom CRM platform catered towards mortgage brokerages. Performed web services integration with two major third party mortgage origination platforms. Integrated the CRM with online payment processing for user-initiated client marketing programs. Integrated with third party fulfillment providers to enable automated client mail-out programs.

Performed both client- and server-side development in C++ and in PHP for an online gaming platform. Created a security module for the game client to prevent cheating by players, including prevention of many packet injection/replay schemes, encrypting the packet protocol, and increasing the difficulty of "botting" by manipulation of the game client proper. Performed refactoring and redevelopment on a large server-side code-base to optimize performance and improve player experience inside of the game. Represented the company positively as an active member of the game community.