# Josh Powell

> Senior Data Engineer, Sr Software Engineer, Consultant

Location: San Diego, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/joshpowell

With expertise in music technology and software engineering, my focus is on developing innovative applications that simplify complex data for enhanced business solutions. My current work utilizes technologies like AWS, Python, and Kafka to transform the music education landscape through advanced data engineering and intuitive application design.

Our team's commitment to space sustainability and awareness has been instrumental in delivering automated data products that drive industry change. Leveraging skills in distributed computing and ETL processes, we've created robust platforms that not only support space awareness initiatives but also ensure that our approach to music education and finance remains agile and responsive to the evolving technological landscape.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ tahjn
Jan 2023 – Present | Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area
music education, emails lists, finance FIX messaging
eleventy (html, css, javascript, gsap) | svelte, sveltekit | airflow | terraform | sql | dbt | kafka | aws: redshift, dynamodb, api gateway, lambda, fix protocol, c++, redis, mysql, lua, ruby, python, bash, jenkins

### Senior Software Engineer - Data / Senior Data Engineer @ Slingshot Aerospace
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
space sustainability, space awareness
aws,python, react, java, kotlin, microservices, terraform,cdk, monolith, git, sagemaker, glue, spark, etl, data transformation, data modeling, automated data products,

### Software Engineer - Data / Data Engineer @ Catalyte
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area
space sustainability, SaaS threat detection, security posture management
aws, python, typescript,sql, postgresql, data transformation, data mapping, data modeling, etl,data pipelines, cloud, spark, hadoop

### Software Engineer @ Catalyte
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021
healthcare, education, edtech, healthtech, medical authorizations

aws, python, react, pandas, jmeter, cognito, google drive, javascript

### Developer I @ Catalyte
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021
ecommerce, e-commerce, education, education-tech, edtech
angular, java, flyway, sql,typescript, javascript

### Associate @ Catalyte
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020
e-commerce, ecommerce
java, sql, react, html, javascript, css, mongodb, postgresql, aws, heroku, github, gitlab, git,

### Manufacturing Specialist @ Express Employment Professionals
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019
mostly: plastics, dairy, steel, residential and industrial furniture

also: construction, snow removal, cold-lead marketing and sales

### Professional Musician @ Unknown
Jan 2010 – Jan 2019 | United States
Wedding Ceremonies and Receptions, Festivals, TEDx Speaker

### Food Safety Officer @ Montana Cookie Company
Jan 2013 – Jan 2019
Led successful audit preparation and compliance for FDA FSMA (food safety modernization act) and SQF (safe quality food) certification.
Safe Quality Food (SQF) Program is a Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) benchmarked food safety standard based on Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP).


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Music Technology
Montana State University-Bozeman
Jan 2013 – Jan 2017


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

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