Joe Esposito
Senior Software Engineer at Qualaris Healthcare Solutions
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolJoe Esposito is a senior software engineer in Pittsburgh with 22 years of hands-on experience building full-stack web applications, APIs, and developer tooling. He combines product-minded consulting and startup CTO experience with deep practical skills in Python/Django, JavaScript/Ember, and modern build/deploy workflows, having led major upgrades and CI improvements at Qualaris and streamlined deployments across projects. An active open-source contributor, he’s improved the Sentry JavaScript SDK for framework integrations and maintains tooling like grip to preview README rendering locally. Joe’s background spans both backend and DevOps work—refactoring Liberapay’s build system and making it Windows-compatible—and he often focuses on developer experience to shorten onboarding and lower maintenance costs. Known for pragmatic migrations and legacy-support strategies, he excels at delivering incremental upgrades that preserve customer compatibility while enabling modern standards.
22 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Mathematics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Mathematics at Duquesne University
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Github Skills (43)
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Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
joeyespo/grip
Nov 2012 - Mar 2022
Preview GitHub README.md files locally before committing them.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:502 commits, 85 PRs, 155 pushes in 9 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Joe primarily contributed to the development and maintenance of the `grip` project, which focuses on previewing GitHub README.md files locally. Their work included implementing core functionality such as the Flask-based server, rendering engine, and file watchers. The commits show the user's focus on implementing different aspects of the project, including the CLI, setup configurations, and dependency management. They are also responsible for styling of the output to match GitHub's styling.
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getsentry/sentry-javascript
Feb 2015 - Feb 2016
Official Sentry SDKs for JavaScript
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 4 PRs, 13 comments in 11 months
Contributions summary:Joe primarily focused on improving the Sentry JavaScript SDK, specifically enhancing its integration with various JavaScript frameworks. They addressed unhandled promise errors within the Ember.js plugin, ensuring proper error capture and reporting. Additionally, the user updated the documentation for both Angular and Ember plugins, making them clearer and more aligned with best practices. They made minor improvements and updated documentation.
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