# Joseph Caruso > Full-Stack Engineer Location: Nashua, New Hampshire, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/josephcaruso A workaholic that wants to automate the world. Constantly learning, and constantly perfecting what I've learned. ## Work Experience ### Senior API Engineer @ Fidelity Investments Jan 2025 – Present | Merrimack, NH ### Founder @ Ekho Jan 2024 – Present | New Hampshire, United States ### Senior Software Engineer @ Charter Communications Jan 2022 – Jan 2026 Architect and sole maintainer of the CI/CD ecosystem for a mobile engineering team, enabling automated builds, scans, versioning, and deployments for dozens of Java/Spring microservices using GitLab CI, Maven, Helm, and Docker. Integrated enterprise DevSecOps standards — including SAST, dependency vulnerability scanning, to ensure fully automated, compliant releases through GitLab CI and Harness CD. Developed Narrative Mocking, a reusable test data framework for event-driven microservices, modeling realistic customer journeys. Enables deterministic replay of complex flows and consistent validation across artifact, E2E, and performance test stages. Designed and implemented a five-layer testing strategy to shift left and prevent late-stage defects Primary engineer for two nationwide platforms — a DHCP Lease Monitoring Service processing 500K+ Kafka messages/min and a WiFi Failover Platform providing LTE service for customers during outages. Mentored engineers across DevOps, microservices, and testing disciplines, standardizing CI/CD, Helm, and AWS practices within the MDPO organization. ### Senior QA Engineer @ PHILANTHROPI Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Remote Collaborated on a React-based web application and supported AWS deployments on S3 + CloudFront. Built end-to-end Cypress test suites validating both React UI workflows and REST API integrations, executed nightly with GitHub Actions. Integrated performance testing using k6 Cloud into our CI process with results in web dashboards. ### Senior Software Engineer @ Charles River Development Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Burlington, Massachusetts, United States Built a Java-based recording proxy with Netty 4.1 to intercept and validate HTTP and gRPC traffic between the Charles River Investment Management System (CRIMS) client and backend services. Modeled realistic equities and derivatives workflows (options, puts, calls, spreads) to test trading logic end-to-end. ### Automation Test Engineer @ Charter Communications Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Greenwood Village, CO Built an automation testing framework for a Datastore Caching platform. Created pipelines with Jenkins to perform isolated microservice testing on an ephemeral Kubernetes namespace along with dependent infrastructure like MongoDB, Kafka and Zookeeper. Mentored engineers and testers on how to build automated tests and use tools like Java, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins and TestNG. ### Test Engineer Senior Analyst @ Accenture Federal Services Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Washington D.C. Metro Area Developed an automation test framework with Selenium and Appium for the 2020 US Census UI testing for mobile and web apps. Performed manual testing for a Pega application with iPhones, iPads, and Androids to ensure functionality across a variety of hardware. Acted as SME to identify what areas of development should involve automated testing efforts. Lead a small team of junior automation engineers to develop automated tests for testing Big Data Processing platform with NiFi and other Hortonworks (Hadoop) technologies. ### Software Development Engineer in Test @ Revature Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Reston, Virgina Created widget library that encapsulated the Selenium methods for easy control of HTML page elements. Used PuTTy, Jenkins, and AWS for creating DevOps pipelines on remote systems. Most Valuable Programmer: Based on a popular vote of colleagues, sales, HR, and VP from Revature. ### Assembler @ UTC Aerospace Systems Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 I would build, repair, and rework aeronautic components for private and military contracts. I demonstrated mechanical knowledge, electrical circuit soldering, component testing and documentation, and adherence to strict deadlines. I maintained a productive work space and ensured procedures and guidelines were being followed according to OSHA standards. Due to the nature of the work, attention to detail, adept quality analysis, and vast understanding of regulations and product requirements related to Environmental, Health, Safety & Security was an absolute necessity. I wrote scripts in VBScript for automating SAP transactions in order to increase productivity and efficiency for the Manufacturing Engineers. ### Construction worker @ Jc Pools Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 I worked on several pool construction projects and could perform every task in the process, such as the dig, build, pour, liner, back fill, and deck pour. I also drove a box truck to customers homes to perform pool openings, closings, and maintenance work. ### Studio Lab Technician @ Champlain College Emergent Media Center Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 At the Champlain College Emergent Media Center, I would maintain IT infrastructure while also upholding a dialogue with management about the status of said infrastructure. I would provide tours to clients, and train new employees how to access and use studio equipment. I performed User Acceptance Testing on various in-house products for the EMC. ### Lifeguard @ Coldbrook Campground Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 I worked as a lifeguard for a pair private swimming pools. I held the basic lifeguard responsibilities such as ensuring safety, enforcing rules and regulations, and preventing disaster. I was required to always be at my best attention, while also providing supreme customer service. I was also responsible for monitoring and maintaining proper pool chemistry and cleanliness for one 330,000 gallon Olympic sized pool, and one 100,000 gallon round wading pool. ## Education ### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Science and Innovation Champlain College Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 ### Quabbin Regional High School Jan 2008 – Jan 2012 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/joseph-caruso-a7023b86 --- Source: https://flows.cv/josephcaruso JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/josephcaruso/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22