Joel Hill

About Joel Hill

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.\" I\'m a passionate Go (Golang) Software Engineer in Reno, Nevada — and a youth sports coach at heart.I\'ve worked at multiple levels (developer, senior, lead) before settling into a Staff Go role leading large-scale, cross-squad initiatives. I’ve directly contributed to millions in ARR. What sets me apart is my collaborative mindset and positive energy. I care deeply about how architecture impacts customers — and about empowering engineers to make their mark.I’m also a heavy adopter of AI in my engineering workflow. I use AI extensively for architecture iteration, rapid prototyping, code refinement, and documentation. Last year, Cursor ranked me in the top 12% of users — a reflection of how intentionally I integrate AI to move fast while maintaining quality.That same mindset carries into baseball and softball coaching.I’m the founder of Coach Joel’s Way, a youth baseball and softball lineup platform built to promote fair rotations and equal opportunity. Built from real dugout experience, it combines thoughtful engineering with a simple belief: fairness matters.Whether in a codebase or a dugout, I care about people. Mentoring engineers, pairing on projects, coaching kids — unlocking potential is what drives me.PersonalThis comes first. I’m a people person, not a basement programmer- Team-oriented, hardworking, and collaborative- Focused on increasing team velocity- Able to explain complex systems to technical and non-technical audiences- Strong writing, verbal, and presentation skills- Full remote workExperience- 20+ years in software engineering- 10+ years of Go (Golang)- Led cross-cutting initiatives across multi-service architectures- Drove $1M+ in upsell revenue through paywall over-quota motion- Designed robust RESTful APIs- Built resilient distributed systems (100+ microservices)- Contributor to Kafka-based event bus systems- Deep understanding of scalability and system health- Experience decomposing monoliths into microservices- Proficient with relational databases (design, indexing, optimization)Personal PassionsYouth sports coaching, fairness in sports athletics, Crypto, Blockchain, Web3, APIs, fantasy sports, and betting platforms

Experience

1. Senior Software Engineer

   Unanet

   Apr 2023 — Present · US

Education

• University of Nevada, Reno

  B.S, Information Systems

  2003 — 2008

Skills

• T-Sql
• Javascript
• Html 5
• Windows
• Coldfusion
• Html5
• Software Development
• Scrum
• Access
• Photoshop
• Mysql
• Git
• Database Design
• Databases
• Github
• Jquery
• Web Applications
• Sql
• Visio
• Oracle
• Dhtml
• Underscore.js
• Java
• Html
• Reactjs
• Angularjs
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Web Development
• Css