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Hi there πŸ‘‹, my name is Joseph (Joey)!

Senior Software Engineer @ Wells Fargo β€” Charlotte, NC

I'm a results-driven Senior Software Engineer with 4+ years of experience architecting, modernizing, and operating mission-critical fraud and claims platforms at enterprise scale. I currently serve as technical lead across 5 Scrum teams, where my focus is turning complex legacy systems into resilient, cloud-native microservices architectures.

My core expertise is bridging traditional on-premise infrastructure and next-generation cloud platforms β€” data center exits, zero-downtime migrations, and secure high-availability deployments β€” alongside driving practical Generative AI adoption across engineering teams.

I'm always open to connecting with engineers and teams interested in application modernization, cloud platforms, and building systems that scale with purpose.

  • πŸ”­ Currently working on: enterprise fraud & claims platform modernization (on-prem β†’ Kubernetes/OpenShift)
  • 🌱 Currently learning: Generative AI development, agentic workflows, and cloud modernization patterns
  • πŸ› οΈ Side projects: local LLM tooling, React/TypeScript apps, portfolio analytics
  • πŸŽ“ B.A. in Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte β€” Concentration: Information Technology
  • πŸ“œ Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
  • πŸ“« Reach me: Visit My Website Β· LinkedIn Β· Email Me

πŸš€ What I Work On

Platform Modernization β€” Decomposed a monolithic Java 8 / Spring Boot / JSP fraud platform into a distributed microservices architecture (Java 17, Spring 6, React micro-frontends), enabling on-demand deployments and faster recovery.

Cloud Migration β€” Led migrations for 8+ Java and React applications from on-prem VMs β†’ Pivotal Cloud Foundry β†’ Kubernetes/OpenShift with zero downtime, plus enterprise data center exit work; authored Helm charts that standardized environment-specific deployments.

CI/CD & Observability β€” Built end-to-end pipelines with Jenkins, SonarQube, and Threadfix; migrated monitoring to Splunk Observability Cloud and automated security gate enforcement across release cycles.

Resilience Engineering β€” Directed Business Continuity Planning failover exercises across multiple data centers, routing live traffic during critical maintenance windows without service interruption.

Applied GenAI β€” Championed GitHub Copilot adoption across development teams, built a centralized knowledge hub and usage standards, developed custom AI agents for fraud remediation workflows, and implemented automated pre-commit security checks.

Mentorship β€” Mentor interns and junior engineers through code review, pair programming, and tailored workshops; run internal AI/cloud awareness forums reaching 50+ engineers.


🧰 Tech Stack

Languages Java (8–17), JavaScript, TypeScript, SQL, HTML, CSS
Frameworks & APIs Spring Boot, Spring 6, React.js, REST, JSON
Cloud & Containers Kubernetes, OpenShift, Pivotal Cloud Foundry, Microsoft Azure, Helm
CI/CD & Quality Jenkins, GitHub Actions, SonarQube, Threadfix, Git
Observability Splunk Observability Cloud
Databases Oracle, MongoDB
Practices Microservices, Service-Oriented Architecture, CI/CD, Agile (Scrum & Kanban), Software Testing, Generative AI

Languages and Tools

Java

JavaScript

TypeScript

React

HTML5

CSS3

Python

Swift

C#

Kubernetes

Docker

Helm

Azure

Jenkins

Maven

Database

Git

Console

VS Code

Visual Studio



Let's connect and discuss how we can collaborate on innovative projects!

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