# Joe Kent

> Software engineer. Dear recruiters, I am not interested in your flashy new AI startup.

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/joekent

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Justworks
Jan 2024 – Present | New York, United States

### Senior Software Engineer @ Etsy
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Brooklyn, New York, United States
Collaborated with other engineers to reduce Javascript deploy times for Etsy.com by over 90 seconds. Lead the effort to upgrade Etsy's Javascript build tool from Webpack 4 to 5, which was responsible for all of the Javascript on Etsy.com and internal admin tools.

### Senior Software Engineer @ Arcadia
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | New York, New York, United States
Leading contributor on Arcadia's frontend infrastructure squad, which maintained shared Typescript libraries, React components, tooling, and documentation used by every product team at the company. Frequently jumped around to help other teams debug frontend or infrastructure related issues they were running into. Created an extensive internal repository of reusable Github Workflows for CI/CD and successfully migrated all web products at the company away from more expensive CI/CD vendors. Successfully led an effort to reduce the arcadia.com largest contentful paint score by more than one second, in addition to other performance improvements.

### Senior Software Engineer @ Blush
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021
Helped maintain and improve a NextJS based application and Figma plugin that allowed users to create custom SVG based illustrations.

### Web Design & Development @ Unknown
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021
Produced web development work for Senator Markey’s 2020 campaign, Data For Progress, Invest In America, 2020 Georgia Senate Runoffs, Vote From Home, When We All Vote, and the Fuller Project.

### Tech Lead @ Warren for President
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Hired and led the 7 person frontend web development team for Elizabeth Warren’s 2020 presidential campaign which created elizabethwarren.com and other internal web products. Created an architecture that supported real time content updates while also being able to sustain a high volume of traffic everytime the candidate said “Go to my website and donate” on live national television. Built custom edge functions to deliver custom regional specific content and conduct AB testing experiments. Worked with staff members across departments to triage bugs, feature requests, and creative ideas that our team had the unique opportunity to build which pushed the boundaries of political communication.

### Sr. UI Engineer @ Blue State Digital
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Greater New York City Area
Led the creation of an internal React based design system and adoption across teams in the company. Worked on multiple product frontends in consultation with backend engineers, and mentored junior engineers in frontend development.

### Software Engineer @ DoSomething.org
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Greater New York City Area
Worked across a variety of software teams within the organization, moving up from intern to full-time staffer. Contributed to migrating away from the legacy CMS to a Jam Stack architecture leveraging React and Contentful.

### Junior Software Engineer @ DoSomething.org
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | NYC

### Web Developer Intern @ DoSomething.org
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Greater New York City Area


## Education
### Computer repair and networking
Ralph R. Mckee H.S.
Jan 2011 – Jan 2015


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/joe-kent-63170077
- Website: https://joekent.nyc

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Last updated: 2026-03-22