Joshua Becker

About Joshua Becker

Hello! I\'m a dedicated software engineer passionate about pioneering technology and innovation. With over a decade of professional experience, I transitioned from a finance background in NYC to immerse myself in software development.As a Software Engineering Fellow at Formation, I collaborated with top-tier engineers from tech giants like Google, Microsoft, and Airbnb, refining my expertise in data structures and algorithms. Contributing to the development of Formation\'s app, Recur, allowed me to tackle real-world challenges within a robust codebase, honing skills in API integration and user interface refinement.Prior to Formation, I earned my Full-Stack Software Development Certificate from Coding Dojo, specializing in Python, MERN, and Java. My GitHub showcases various projects I\'ve passionately crafted. Currently serving as a Full Stack Software Engineer at Fathers House, I\'ve led the creation of their web app, significantly boosting their monthly revenue through enhanced online presence.Skilled in Python, JavaScript, React, Flask, Django, Node, Express, and experienced with databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB. Proficient in AWS, Docker, Git, APIs, NumPy, Pandas, and Postman.I\'m always open to connecting!

Experience

1. Software Engineer

   Meta

   Oct 2024 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Led P0 Priority CAS Migration for the Industry Benchmark API read-side (Hack/PHP, GraphQL, Laser, Ent), designing new data tiers and implementing a phased \"Per Advertiser\" rollout using GateKeeper and Shadow Logging to prevent the degradation of benchmark data utilized by approximately 85 million daily API calls.• Drove architectural optimization and platformation of Data Quality (DQ) Checks and Pipelines to enhance scalability across multiple benchmark use cases. This effort included consolidating four upstream intermediate tables into two, simplifying PXFN logic by eliminating two intermediate tables, and implementing dependency chaining for sequential writing to Hive to mitigate data corruption risk.• Delivered end-to-end Milestone 1 (M1) for Anomaly-Driven A/B Testing, creating entry points for Creative Multi-cell testing within the Anomaly Explanation Side Panel and Hovercard. The implementation required complex shared state management to select the \"best candidate\" L1 and explicitly set L3, L2, and L1 data to integrate the partner team’s modal, ultimately driving a +36% increase in Adex Robust Completed Studies.• Owned the Benchmark Report Deprecation project, leading the AIP review and rollout to permanently remove a complex, low-usage feature. This strategic decision significantly reduced engineering debt and freed up team bandwidth, validated by a holdout experiment that showed neutral effects on key business metrics.

Education

• New England College of Business

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Business Administration

  2011 — 2014

• Coding Dojo

  Certificate, Full Stack Software Development

Skills

• Economics
• Finance
• Investments
• Business
• Pattern Recognition
• Risk Management
• Equity Trading
• Pricing
• Trading
• Analysis
• Market Analysis
• Equities
• Financial Markets
• Equity Valuation
• Passion for the Markets
• Strategy
• Entrepreneurship
• Technical Analysis
• Price Action
• Transportation