Josh Hunt

I'm a full stack developer with ~9 years experience. I'm most experienced with web related technologies but I'm always interested to learn new things. I'm passionate about helping people solve problems and making things efficient.

+64 27 296 6368
joshhunt180@gmail.com
Manawatu, New Zealand

Experience

Senior Software Engineer

Author-it Software Co. (2017 - current)

Full stack engineer developing a web application for the life sciences industry.

  • Team lead and implementation architect for a squad of software developers working on a vertical slice of the application using Angular, GraphQL, and Node.js.
  • Lead a team to revamp the frontend architecture, transitioning from Backbone to Angular.
  • Assisting and mentoring junior developers.
  • Developed tooling to improve developer experience and increase efficiency.
  • Set up build scripts and CI / CD pipelines.

Designer / Developer

Spinning Planet (2013 - 2017)

Created custom marketing websites for small to medium businesses.

  • Built an internal marketing tool using React.
  • Designed and implemented custom website templates for a CMS.
  • Developed custom content and ecommerce plugins for a CMS.

Personal Projects

Cards of Chaos (2022 - WIP)
An online card game built around WebRTC.

Hitpoints (2021 - 2022) github.com/josh18/hitpoints
A recipe manager (web app). Built in react, it supports real time updates, full edit history, and works offline. Demo

Nemesis (2018) github.com/josh18/nemesis
A prototype home security web app to live stream and capture motion from a raspberry pi camera.

Doubloon (2017) github.com/josh18/doubloon
A prototype web application for tracking personal expenses. Demo

Skills

Javascript / Typescript
React
Angular
Node.js
GraphQL
AWS
SQL
+ Various other web related technologies