# Joe Thel

> Software Engineer

Location: Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/joethel

Web, JS, Elm. Experienced in SaaS architectures, dynamic frontends, edtech, generative art & open source. Co-creator of brom, a dev-first CLI for meaningful HTTP inspection in development/build phases.

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ Deepgram
Jan 2021 – Present

### Senior Software Engineer @ Ticketmaster
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Los Angeles

### Fullstack Software Engineer @ Codesmith
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Greater Los Angeles Area
- Migrated legacy codebase from Hapi/Slim to Express/React/Reux, improving load times and reducing AWS costs
- Architected Dockerized testing procedure to standardize testing environments and enable faster TDD iteration through reliable output and filechange detection
- Built custom PropTypes validators to support polymorphic React components recursively generated from static YAML content
- Implemented a combination of Enzyme & snapshot testing across codebase to boost unit coverage
- Authored in-house training materials in Redux, Enzyme, Jest and Puppeteer to reduce long-term technical debt

### Technical Writer & Support Manager @ Kadenze Inc.
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Santa Clarita, CA
- Proud member of a dedicated team for issue reproduction and documentation through live-testing and database investigation
- Used SQL deepdiving and manual testing to identify causes and lead to solutions for hundreds of issues in multi-tenant SaaS application
- Wrote and maintained technical documentation for learning management system featureset, including Stripe, Zoom, FB/Google/GitHub OAuth integrations
- Built a Python webscraper to programmatically generate announcement emails in raw HTML/CSS
- Maintained company blog, with topics ranging from creator interviews to technical guides in JavaScript
- Worked in design sprints as a user advocate and UX researcher
- Part of the team responsible for https://kannu.com

### Test Writer @ Educational Testing Service (ETS)
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Princeton, NJ
Worked in XML to design image map questions, researched and wrote questions for the Music Praxis II test, sourced audio for AP Music Theory test


## Education
### Master of Fine Arts - MFA
California Institute of the Arts
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015

### Bachelor of Music in Oboe Performance
New York University
Jan 2008 – Jan 2012


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/joe-thel
- GitHub: https://github.com/fakemonster

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Source: https://flows.cv/joethel
JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/joethel/resume.json
Last updated: 2026-03-22