Joshua French

Senior Software Engineer

Longmont, Colorado, United States13 yrs 10 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in developing security features for GitHub.
Proficient in multiple programming languages and frameworks.
Strong background in SaaS development and testing.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS-focused software engineer with expertise in security and web development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Go (programming Language)Ruby On RailsTypescriptC#React.jsJavascript

Other Skills

GitHub CopilotHighchartsa11yHTMLGame MakerVimC++BashJavaGIMPPythonPerlHBasePhysicsOpenGL

Experience

13 yrs 10 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 3 mos

Average Tenure

5 yrs 11 mos

Current Experience

Github

3 roles

Senior Software Engineer

Apr 2025 – Present · 1 yr 2 mos

Empowering developers to achieve more through development of GitHub Copilot.
Implemented the ability for users to chat with Copilot to draft and create GitHub issues

Go (Programming Language)Ruby on RailsReact.jsTypeScriptGitHub Copilot

Senior Software Engineer

Aug 2022 – Apr 2025 · 2 yrs 8 mos

Securing the world's code with GitHub Advanced Security
GitHub Security Overview
Developed the organization and enterprise Security Overview pages
GitHub Security Manager Authorization Role
Allows customers to assign users the ability to manage GitHub Advanced Security in an organization and its repositories without granting them admin/owner permissions.
Developed the enterprise level version of the role, an expansion of the organization level version of the role, and a unique challenge as the first role at GitHub to incorporate both enterprise and organization permissions in a single role that needed to integrate with an at-the-time unreleased feature, Enterprise Teams.

Ruby on RailsTypeScriptReact.js

Software Engineer III

Jul 2020 – Aug 2022 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Securing the world's code with GitHub Advanced Security
GitHub Security Overview
Developed the organization and enterprise Security Overview pages
GitHub Security Manager Authorization Role
Allows customers to assign users the ability to manage GitHub Advanced Security in an organization and its repositories without granting them admin/owner permissions.
A unique challenge as the first role at GitHub to incorporate both organization and repository permissions in a single role as well as the first role to assign repository permissions to a user assigned the role across an entire organization
GitHub Secret Scanning
Onboarded new partners and their token patterns
Introduced new algorithms (entropy evaluation and token prefixes) into the service to reduce false positives for generic secret patterns

Go (Programming Language)Ruby on Rails

Microsoft

5 roles

Software Engineer II

Jan 2020 – Jun 2020 · 5 mos

Securing the world's code with GitHub Advanced Security
GitHub Secret Scanning
Onboarded new partners and their token patterns
Introduced new algorithms (entropy evaluation and token prefixes) into the service to reduce false positives for generic secret patterns

Go (Programming Language)Ruby on Rails

Software Engineer II

Promoted

Jan 2015 – Jan 2020 · 5 yrs

Azure DevOps
Dashboards and widgets framework
Widget development (such as the Cumulative Flow Diagram widget)
Dashboards integration with Microsoft Teams
Reporting analytics service
Account homepage

C#React.jsTypeScriptHighchartsa11y

Software Engineer

Nov 2014 – Jan 2015 · 2 mos

Developer Content Services
.NET MVC for MSDN and associated developer portals, TechNet, and Visual Studio

C#HTMLJavaScript

Software Developer In Test (SDET)

Feb 2014 – Nov 2014 · 9 mos

Worked for the Portal Experiences team which develops and maintains MSDN, TechNet, and other web UX services used for OneDrive, Xbox, Visual Studio, and other developer portals. Created test cases in Microsoft Test Manager and performed manual testing as well as wrote automated tests for the team's test suite to ensure quality of the portals and verify responsive design and functional behaviors.

Software Developer In Test (SDET) Intern

May 2013 – Aug 2013 · 3 mos · Redmond, Washington

Worked for the MSDN Content Services test team on a KPI and business intelligence dashboard. Independently wrote the test plan and the automated test suite (250+ tests) in Visual Studio using C# and Linq to SQL to ensure quality of dashboard builds. Created test cases in Team Foundation Server for the automation to allow execution in both Visual Studio and Microsoft Test Manager.

Colorado school of mines

3 roles

Graphics Course Grader

Aug 2012 – Dec 2012 · 4 mos

Graded C++/OpenGL projects on Ray Tracing, 3D rendering and texturing, and Voronoi sites.

Data Structures TA and Grader

Jan 2012 – May 2012 · 4 mos

Graded C++ labs for the course. Taught course concepts. Helped students with course labs during class and during help session hours.

Software Engineering Grader

Aug 2011 – Dec 2011 · 4 mos

Graded the Java course projects and helped students with projects and assignments.

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Software Engineering Intern

May 2012 – Aug 2012 · 3 mos · Broomfield, Colorado

Developed email certification back-end processes, created tools for collecting and analyzing certification service metrics, developed business-to-business MX lookup tool, worked on an Arduino powered email notification system.