Hi! I'm

Josh presenting at a whiteboard

Software Engineer, M.S. in Computer Science at Columbia University

I care about software with impact.
Experience in cloud, full-stack, and web/app development.
Interested in computer vision, AI/ML, data, and security.

Experience

  1. Sep 2026 - Present

    Teaching Assistant

    Columbia University · Calculus · New York, NY

    • Support undergraduate Calculus instruction through help hours, grading, and student assistance.
    • Teaching
    • Calculus
  2. Aug 2024 - Aug 2025

    Software Engineering Intern

    Northrop Grumman · Cloud Services & Integration · Roy, UT

    • Simplified the UML model upload process, reducing manual review time by 60% through 10 automated validation scripts in Jython and Groovy.
    • Standardized distributed systems tooling across tens of engineering teams by co-authoring 20+ technical guidelines for Spark, Kafka, Hadoop, Docker, and Kubernetes.
    • Optimized the CI/CD pipeline, reducing deployment time from 1–2 days to under 30 minutes across 200+ internal projects by implementing an automated verification process.
    • Jython
    • Groovy
    • C++
    • Cameo
    • Git
    • Agile
  3. May 2024 - Aug 2024

    Software Engineering Intern

    Northrop Grumman · Physical Security · Roy, UT

    • Improved LiDAR sensor processing speed by 3x through algorithms that convert millions of live packets into structured point cloud data.
    • Reduced LiDAR scan visualization time from 10+ minutes to seconds by building a React-based 3D viewer to render point cloud data.
    • Enabled real-time monitoring across 10+ LiDAR scanners by deploying the completed sensor system for use by the security team.
    • TypeScript
    • React
    • JavaScript
    • C
    • Node.js
    • REST APIs
  4. Aug 2023 - May 2024

    Learning Assistant

    University of Utah · Physics · Salt Lake City, UT

    • Supported physics instruction for 100+ students by leading twice-weekly discussion sessions focused on calculus-based mechanics.
    • Mentored 50+ students one-on-one through homework and exam preparation by hosting weekly office hours.
    • Teaching
    • Physics

Projects

WikiSpeedrunning.com

Competitive Wikipedia speedrunning platform where users race from a starting article to a target page in the fewest clicks and fastest time. Features ranked Elo, leaderboards, route tracking, match history, and more.

  • Next.js
  • Prisma
  • PostgreSQL
  • Redis
  • Supabase

Nuclexa.io

AI skills registry with 1,000+ packages for discovering, publishing, and managing reusable skills across Claude, Codex, Antigravity, and other AI platforms. A unified installation system enables one-click setup with platform-specific configuration handled automatically.

  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • Prisma
  • AI
  • NextAuth

Magnetic Resonance Detection System

Developed an LC resonant magnetic sensing system, improving detection sensitivity by 13.44x. Analyzed voltage, frequency, and waveform data in Python and MATLAB across sensor prototypes, achieving a 15 mT detection limit at 13 mm.

  • Circuit Design
  • Signal Processing
  • Data Analysis
  • Python
  • MATLAB