# Joel Pratt

> Software Engineer at Handshake

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/joelpratt

Software engineer passionate about creating tools that empower others to solve problems. Experienced in developing full-stack Javascript applications with a focus on extensible React/Redux front end and scalable Express/Node back end architecture.

In my spare time, I enjoy cycling at sunrise, ultra light world travel (w/ a 19 liter backpack), and contributing to open source software.

https://github.com/prattjoel

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Handshake
Jan 2021 – Present

### Career Prep Coach - Software Engineering Track @ Management Leadership for Tomorrow
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022

### Software Engineer @ E*TRADE - Contract
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021

### Software Engineer @ InRhythm
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Greater New York City Area

### Software Engineer @ Goldman Sachs - Contract
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020

### Software Engineer @ Codesmith
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019

### Technical Mentor/Reviewer Community Lead @ Udacity
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018
• Developed Python algorithms to validate user input, parse data for analysis and provide customized responses based on results of processing user input from a CLI interface.
• Refactored static web pages to improve the UI design.

### Software Engineer @ Community Connection Mobile Application
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018
• Leveraged React Native’s cross platform compatibility to create a mobile application compatible with both Android and iOS platforms eliminating the overhead required to maintain separate code bases for each platform.
• Integrated AWS S3 remote storage to leverage S3’s secure, durable data management system and ensure fast lookup times when retrieving large files because of its optimized key-value setup.
• Implemented Observer Pattern to automatically display messages when database records are updated, sending instant notifications and facilitation real-time communication between active users


## Education
### Master's degree
University of Pennsylvania

### Bachelor's degree
Wesleyan University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/pratt-joel

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Last updated: 2026-03-29