# Joseph Tochka

> Senior Software Engineer

Location: Greater Boston, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/josephtochka

Software engineer and technical leader with 17+ years of experience.

Automation enthusiast and proponent of AI coding tools. Recent work involves deploying production GraphRAG systems for researchers and building with multimodal models across audio, video, and agentic workflows.

Have overhauled traditional SDLCs—actively onboarding engineering teams to use Claude Code and Codex to write better software faster.

Interested in performance optimization, as well as user experience and UI. Background in visual arts, with broad interests spanning data visualization, design, and gamification.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Unknown
Jan 2022 – Present

### Senior Applications Developer, AI @ RAND
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025

### Senior Software Engineer @ Philips
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Worked on diverse projects utilizing C# .NET, JavaScript, and MS-SQL, and using Azure to scale up while optimizing performance
Collaborated with cross-functional teams and helped hire and manage software engineers to deliver high-quality software solutions
Developed health tech solutions utilized by major Boston area hospitals for Covid 19 response coordination and communication with patients

### Team Lead, Senior Software Engineer @ Medumo
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Boston, MA
Helped grow a 20 person health-tech startup to have their software utilized in dozens of major hospitals and ultimately be acquired by Philips

### Web Developer, Team Lead @ NGP VAN
Jan 2012 – Jan 2018 | Somerville, MA
- Manage team of six software engineers
- On-boarding and training new members
- Agile sprint planning
- Utilizing C#, VB .NET, ASP MVC, AngularJS and more to deliver superior web applications to clients

### Web Developer @ Boston Trading Technologies
Jan 2009 – Jan 2011
- Lead web developer for financial services start-up

### Software Engineer Co-op @ Kollmorgen Electro-Optical
Jan 2008 – Jan 2009
- Worked on embedded systems in C as well as an intranet application in PHP


## Education
### BSEE in Electrical Engineering, Computer Systems Engineering, Engineering Management
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Jan 2005 – Jan 2009


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/joseph-tochka-4675b640

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Last updated: 2026-03-22