Joshua Tombs
@joshuatombs
Senior software engineer focused on scalable cloud-native systems and AI-backed backend services.
United StatesWhat I'm looking for
I am a senior software engineer with extensive experience designing and building cloud-native microservices, large-scale backend systems, and AI-powered data pipelines. I have led infrastructure automation with Terraform, reduced deployment time by 60%, and engineered real-time data processing pipelines handling over 10M transactions daily to improve fraud detection and system reliability.
My work spans full-stack development, secure authentication (OAuth2/OIDC), high-availability API design, and observability across AWS and Google Cloud. I collaborate with product teams to deliver sub-100ms search performance, maintain 99.9% uptime under heavy load, and scale services that support millions of users monthly.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Senior Software Engineer
Nov 2022 - Present (3 years 4 months)
Architected and built scalable Vertex AI backend services handling millions of daily requests and engineered a Dataflow fraud pipeline processing 10M+ daily transactions with a 30% accuracy improvement; reduced deployment time by 60% via Terraform and GKE automation.
Senior Software Engineer
Oct 2020 - Nov 2022 (2 years 1 month)
Built secure OAuth2/OIDC authentication and scalable RESTful APIs for Google Cloud Healthcare API, achieving 99.9% uptime and supporting 10M+ monthly users with sub-100ms search responses at the 99th percentile.
Software Engineer
SAIC
May 2017 - Oct 2020 (3 years 5 months)
Deployed and managed AWS application infrastructure and built scalable Ruby on Rails case management apps reducing database queries by 60% for 5K+ concurrent government users; maintained 99.5% availability for logistics systems.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Master of Science, Computer Engineering
2016 - 2017
Completed Master of Science in Computer Engineering with advanced coursework and projects in software systems and cloud infrastructure.
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering
2012 - 2016
Earned Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering with emphasis on software development, systems engineering, and applied computing.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
D3.js
GitHub
Kubernetes
Jenkins
GitHub Actions
MySQL
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
SQLite
Cassandra
Node.js
Django
Laravel
Spring Boot
Ruby on Rails
Next.js
Tailwind CSS
Material-UI
Google Cloud Healthcare API
Redis
Terraform
Vue.js
jQuery
JavaScript
HTML5
Java
PHP
Kafka
Django REST framework
FastAPI
Grafana
Prometheus
Apollo
GraphQL
Google Cloud Dataflow
Firebase
Socket.IO
gRPC
Elasticsearch
pytest
Apache Beam
SQL
Google Kubernetes Engine
Chaos Mesh
Bash
k6
100ms
Beam
Availability
Location
United StatesAuthorized to work in
Job categories
Skills
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