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Joshua Pollard

@joshuapollard2

Senior Software Engineer: 10+ years building AI, secure identity & scalable cloud platforms. Expert in full-stack, AI/ML, and cloud. Proven leader.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking for a role that allows me to leverage my full-stack and AI development expertise to build scalable, secure systems that make a real-world impact.

Senior Software Engineer with over 10 years of experience building AI-driven platforms, secure identity systems, and scalable cloud solutions using React, TypeScript, Node.js, Python, WebGL, WebAssembly, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS. Led AI analytics at Geviti with Next.js and WebRTC, real-time authentication at Okta with WebSockets, AI consulting tools at Alvarez & Marsal with Spark, and Azure AI services at Microsoft with C#. Known for mentoring, cross-functional collaboration, and aligning technical innovation with agile goals. Passionate about AI integration and system optimization.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Senior Software Engineer

Geviti, Inc

Mar 2023 - Jul 2025 (2 years 4 months)

Built a full-stack AI meeting assistant to record, transcribe, and summarize calls, syncing insights to CRMs with full compliance audit. Developed LLM-based recommendation and multi-agent systems (Llama 2, RAG, LangGraph). Scaled FastAPI/GraphQL backends, optimized AWS CI/CD, and led TDD—achieving 6× efficiency, 95%+ note accuracy, and zero leaks.

Senior Full Stack Engineer

Okta

May 2021 - Feb 2023 (1 year 9 months)

Led Alexa Subscriptions’ 3-year vision across 8 product lines and 50+ engineers, powering all voice-based funnels (Alexa+, Prime, Kids+, Hey Disney!) driving multi-million ARR. Built LLM eval platform (100+ models, 95% automation), improved 8 KPIs, cut latency by 190 ms, enabled CI/CD and multimodal Echo Show features, and mentored teams—boosting quality and reliability.

Senior Technology Consultant

Alvarez & Marsal

Dec 2018 - Apr 2021 (2 years 4 months)

Built a Zoom-based meeting companion app with REST/Webhooks capturing real-time actions, reducing post-meeting clicks by 30%. Developed NestJS services with PostgreSQL + Redis (−120 ms p95 latency), launched OAuth2 Zoom app, added Salesforce/HubSpot sync, ensured idempotent processing, and hit 85% test coverage with 40% fewer regressions.

Software Engineer

Microsoft

Jul 2015 - Nov 2018 (3 years 4 months)

Promoted from intern to full-stack engineer delivering Azure cloud solutions in C#/.NET Core with SQL Server dashboards. Built real-time telemetry with Event Hubs, SignalR & WebSockets (+15% reliability), optimized portal UI (−20% latency), and developed scalable microservices using Azure Functions, Cosmos DB & TensorFlow analytics.