Joe Buza

Senior Software Engineer

Redwood City, California, United States15 yrs experience

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Key Highlights

Led strategic UI projects at Netflix.
Developed AI tools saving significant project time.
Managed teams to deliver impactful EdTech solutions.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fullstack Engineer with expertise in SaaS and EdTech solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

JavascriptReactTeam Leadership

Other Skills

NextjsLangChainFigmaOpenAI APISoftware DesignSoftware Architectural DesignArtificial Intelligence (AI)Apollo GraphQLTypeScriptHTMLMobXManagementjQueryAngularHTML 5

About

Hi there! I’m a full-stack engineer who loves learning and sharing what I pick up. I post simple, visual lessons on building better apps, writing smoother code, improving workflows, and the life tips I wish I knew earlier. When I’m exploring something new in tech, I share those notes so others can grow with me.

Experience

15 yrs

Total Experience

2 yrs 6 mos

Average Tenure

7 yrs

Current Experience

Netflix

Senior Software Engineer

May 2019 – Present · 7 yrs · Los Gatos, California · Remote

Led UI development for multiple strategic projects in the Animation Studio, enhancing talent allocation, budget planning, and production workflows.
Designed and developed the entire user interface for an AI-assisted dialogue breakdown tool, contributing to a solution that saved 40-60 hours per project.
Led planning and execution of the re-write of critical artwork distribution platform managing over 11.5 million artworks across multiple locales, saving millions in operational costs.
Spearheaded the migration of all Animation Studio applications (5) in the monorepo to Turbo repo, latest React version, and internal tools. Led the team through comprehensive testing before merging, ensuring a smooth transition.
Created a reusable file transfer component, simplifying uploads across multiple applications.
Secured second place in Animation Studio AI hackathon.

JavaScriptReactNextjsLangChainNext.jsFigma+6

Schoolstatus

Manager & Lead UI Engineer

Oct 2016 – Mar 2019 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Ridgeland, Mississippi, United States

Led a team of 4 frontend engineers in developing Notify, a mass messaging feature for school districts.
Built client applications for school administrators, teachers, and parents to view and manage student data.
Developed an internal chat application facilitating parent-teacher communication.
Spearheaded the design and implementation of a group-messaging feature (Broadcast) for the web platform.
Managed scrum meetings, task assignments, and intern mentoring.

Team LeadershipJavaScriptHTMLReactMobXManagement

C spire

Front End Developer

Jan 2014 – Oct 2016 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Ridgeland, MS

Convert designs into responsive, interactive sites that work across multiple devices, operating systems, and resolutions.
Developed the user interface on the careers site to streamline the process of finding and applying for a job at C Spire.
Implemented a user interface to display the network performance of the company's systems.
Built a tool that allows users to customize their wireless plans.
Mentored members of my team in Angular js, Flexbox and Sass best practices.

Spatial information solutions

C# Developer

Feb 2012 – May 2012 · 3 mos · Starkville, MS

Developed GIS mapping functionalities using C# and .NET framework utilizing MapWinGIS.

Navagis, llc

Mobile Developer

Jan 2012 – Oct 2013 · 1 yr 9 mos · Jackson, Mississippi Area

Developed an Android asset tracking application on a web-based visualization platform.
Maintained the company's Android application.
Wrote a Puppet script to create a consistent, reproducible and portable development environments for bootstrapping project development.
Collaborated on Google Maps applications for enterprise clients in numerous industries.
Developed map-based demos and proofs-of-concept for the sales team and potential clients.

Mississippi state university

Website Developer

Nov 2011 – May 2012 · 6 mos · Starkville, MS

Developed department website for the Department of Pathobiology and Population Medicine. Applications used include Dreamweaver and Photoshop. Languages utilized include CSS/ HTML, JQuery and JavaScript.

Navagis, llc

Intern

Jun 2011 – Aug 2011 · 2 mos · Jackson, Mississippi Area

Collaborated on an iPhone GIS application that enables a user to create projects that are geo located and time stamped, add a server for project syncing, and perform GPS real time tracking. Languages utilized include XML, Cocoa, Core Data, MkMapKit, and other SDK technologies.