# Joe Gesualdo > Software engineer with a passion for creating new, innovative, and ground-breaking user experiences and products Location: New York, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/joegesualdo I’m a New York City based software engineer with a passion and desire to build products that are extraordinary and lasting. My experience and interests are broad but my core talents are in design, development and implementation of web and mobile products. I love being challenged. I love learning new things. ## Work Experience ### iOS Software Engineer @ Spotify Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | New York, New York Switched from the frontend web team to the iOS team working on the Anchor app, as the second iOS engineer, without prior experience building mobile applications. • Got up-to-speed quickly with unfamiliar technologies and shipping features as soon as the first week. • Lead an effort to localize the app into many languages • Work closely with design teams to create features that work well across the various apple devices. • During development, I worked closely with the backend team to design and spec backend APIs. • Participated in a weekly sprint planning where projects would be prioritized and amount of time/effort would be estimated • Drove features and ship products rapidly from start to finish, from technical design, implementation, testing to delivery. • Implemented features using the MVVM architecture Technologies used: • Swift • UIKit • SnapKit • PromiseKit • Quick • Nimble Notable: • Anchor iOS app was was chosen by Apple to be installed on demo devices in their retail stores • Anchor iOS app was awarded as one of the “Best apps of 2019” by Apple ### Frontend Engineer @ Spotify Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | New York, New York, United States Joined Spotify through the acquisition of Anchor and served in the same capacity as a frontend engineer. For a full description of roles and responsibilities see my prior role at Anchor Technologies used: • Typescript (ES6) • Javascript (ES6) • Node.js • HTML • React • Redux • CSS • DOM Api • Webpack • NPM • Babel • Eslint • Prettier • Enzyme • React testing library • Emotion for styling components in Javascript • Cosmos for our component library • Jenkins, for continuous integration and deployment • Sentry, for real-time monitoring and alerting • Lighthouse, for performance optimization • Figma • Sketch ### Software Engineer @ Anchor Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | New York, New York Helped grow Anchor from a small company looking for product market fit to the biggest podcast creation platform in the world, which was eventually acquired by Spotify. As the first full-time front-end focused hire, and only the second contributor to the front-end codebase, I was responsible for every part of the Anchor frontend web app: new features, maintaining old code, and monitoring performance. • Collaborated cross-functionally with designers, product managers, and engineers to scope out features and product directions in a fast-paced, high growth environment. • Ownership of the development across the front-end of the product and defined a modern tech stack with the latest technology and frameworks: Typescript (ES6) , React, Cosmos, Webpack, etc • Responsible for building features that were responsive and optimized for devices of various sizes that worked well across various browsers. • Responsible for continuous evaluation of trade-offs between functionality and delivery speed • Worked with product teams to measure and iterate based on feedback from users and roadmap priorities • Happily jumped into any part of the stack to unblock my work, from backend code to deployment pipelines. • Lead efforts to continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency. • Introduced, designed, built and maintained a composable component system to help build complex product specs. • Implemented healthy software engineering practices such as linting, auto-formatting, unit/integration testing and CD/CI to assure high quality releases as the product and team grew • Championed and introduced static types with Typescript to our large Javascript app to solve and prevent run-time errors. • Wore whatever hats were needed to make the business succeed • Introduced code reviews • Optimized SEO to improve and maintain our growth metrics For a list of tools and technologies used, please see my experience as a frontend engineer at Spotify. ### Senior Software Engineer @ ExecOnline, Inc. Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Greater New York City Area ### Senior Software Engineer @ Farmivore Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 Farmivore is a subscription commerce startup in New York City that delivers a weekly box of farm-fresh, organic fruits and vegetables. • Built the entire system for farmivore.com including, but not limited to, user facing subscription management, administrative functionality, and batch processing. • Developed, tested, optimized, and deployed REST API to be consumed by our front-end web client • Migrated legacy front-end code (jQuery) to a separate, dynamic single-page application using Ember.js, which improved performance and reliability. • Implemented deployment configuration, monitoring, alerting and continuous integration. • Managed the development process using agile methodologies to communicate between company departments ⋯⋯⋯⋯⋯⋯ Technologies used include:     • Ember.js     • Ruby on Rails     • PostgreSQL     • Redis/Sidkiq for background job processing     • Handlebars/HTML/HAML/CSS/SCSS     • RSpec/Cucumber/Capybara for testing     • Git     • Javascript     • Heroku     • Amazon Web Services     • Codeship for continuous deployment ⋯⋯⋯⋯⋯ ### Software Engineer @ Handy Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Greater New York City Area An on-demand home improvement and cleaning service, Handybook provides trusted, fully vetted home cleaning and repair professionals for common household services. Handybook is currently available in over 30 cities worldwide. • Built and maintained features for large scale, high traffic/performance web application. • Used Test-Driven-Development to guide software design and catch bugs/regressions. • Shipped software on tight deadlines, using agile methodologies to perform continual product        iterations • Designed and implemented integration with third-party merchant account providers like Stripe and   Balanced. • Collaborated with a fast moving team that shipped daily and constantly iterated. • Implemented and managed metrics tools to provide business intelligence within cross-functional   teams in a rapidly growing company. • Performed critical analysis and code reviews of peers’ code. ⋯⋯⋯⋯ Technologies used include:     • Ruby on Rails     • MySQL     • Redis/Sidkiq for background job processing     • HTML/HAML/CSS/SCSS     • jQuery     • RSpec/Capybara for testing     • Git     • Javascript/CoffeeScript     • Capistrano     • Amazon Web Services     • Foundation Framework for responsive front-end     • CircleCi for continuous deployment ⋯⋯⋯⋯ ### Full-stack Web Developer @ littleBits Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 littleBits is an open source library of electronic modules that snap together with magnets for prototyping, learning, and fun. • Built and enhanced full-stack software architecture for a rapidly growing company. • Turned mockups into highly functional software products. • Worked closely with Product/UX and design teams to create simple and intuitive interfaces. • Efficiently translated user design requirements into functional features. • Assisted in building the technical team by contributing to the hiring process. • Implemented new features while improving existing ones. ⋯⋯⋯⋯ Technologies used include:     • Ruby on Rails     • MySQL     • Redis/Sidkiq for background job processing     • HTML/HAML/CSS/SCSS     • jQuery     • RSpec/Capybara for testing     • Git     • Javascript/CoffeeScript     • Capistrano     • Amazon Web Services     • Bootstrap Framework for responsive front-end     • Travis for continuous deployment ⋯⋯⋯⋯ ### Co-Founder & Engineer @ Homespree Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Brooklyn, NY Created online platform to radically improve process of purchasing home services • Built architecture for myhomespree.com with technologies that included Ruby on Rails, Javascript, HAML, Sass • Lead product development from start to finish including strategy, project idea generation, and product prioritization ### Transaction Services @ PwC Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | New York, New York As a member of PwC's Transaction Services group, Joe advised corporate clients and private equity firms on complex valuation matters arising from mergers and acquisitions. ▹ Determined the value of the Merger and Acquisition targets of our clients ▹ Advised clients on the potential impact their M&A activity will have on their earning and key metrics ▹ Performed purchase price allocations, valued intangible assets and tested goodwill for impairment using various valuation methods: Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) method, Guideline Public Company Method, and Guideline Transactions method ▹Executed industry research, delved into the financials of target companies and develop complex financial models to value our clients' targets ▹ Drafted professional grade reports and presentations which helped firm's senior management in winning over business from competitors ▹ Worked with multiple clients and projects concurrently, while managing various deadlines ### Associate @ Morgan Stanley Jan 2009 – Jan 2009 ▹ Assisted a four person team with maintaining positive client relations ▹ Used Morningstar to research possible investments for two Senior Vice Presidents’ client base ▹ Wrote and presented reports on recent events that affected clients’ businesses ▹ Assisted with client portfolio reviews, from portfolio strategy to the final client portfolio meeting ### Associate @ UBS Investment Bank Jan 2007 – Jan 2008 ▹ Reported to two Senior Vice Presidents managing over 600 household accounts and $300 million in assets ▹ Obtained a working knowledge of a spectrum of investment products – stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and unit investment trusts, and institutional money managers ▹ Coordinated an equity syndicate calendar of IPO and secondary offerings for a specific client group ## Education ### Finance The College of New Jersey ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/joegesualdo --- Source: https://flows.cv/joegesualdo JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/joegesualdo/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-23