Oh hi.
I’m Joe, a self-taught software engineer based out of NYC.
Currently focused on using my tech & design skills to help progressives win.
Work
I’ve been fortunate to work on building & designing tech solutions for a variety of progressive causes & campaigns. You can see a snapshot of my work on my portfolio page.
-
DoSomething.org
Fulltime Software Engineer
-
Blue State
Fulltime Senior UI Engineer
-
Let America Vote
Contract software engineering & web design
-
Elizabeth Warren 2020
Fulltime Tech Lead
-
Ed Markey 2020
Contract software engineering & web design
-
Neighbor Network
Contract software engineering & web design
-
When We All Vote
Contract software engineering & web design
-
ALL IN: The Fight For Democracy
Contract web development
-
Vote From Home 2020
Contract software engineering, product design, and branding for a spinoff volunteer product.
-
Data For Progress
Contract software engineering, web & data visualization.
-
Warnock For Georgia
Contract software engineering & web design.
-
Jon Ossoff For Senate
Contract software engineering & web design.
In The Wild
-
Ed Markey’s Relational-First Organizing Approach
by Rory Clark, Joe Thibodeau, Emma Friend. Sept. 2020 -
The campaign’s digital team has also designed a breakthrough grassroots tool allowing anyone interested in becoming involved with the Markey Campaign to create and distribute their own supporter page...
Ed Markey Campaign Press Release, June. 2020 -
The Warren campaign has upped the game with the graphics and rollover elements in this storytelling feature on their site about her #WealthTax...
Center for American Politics and Design, Dec. 2019 -
Elizabeth Warren helps out 'confused' billionaires with new tax calculator
The Guardian, Nov. 2019 -
Elizabeth Warren introduces a calculator for her student debt forgiveness plan
CNN, May. 2019
Writing
-
December 2020
This Is Why 2020 Broke Me
Fair warning, I’m leaving all of my thoughts on the field. It’s mildly chaotic. You won’t be more joyful by the end. I’m mostly doing this as a visual archive of how awful this year was.
-
April 2020
How Apple And Google Are Going To Enable Contact Tracing
A detailed explanation of the draft contact tracing specification Apple and Google released.
-
April 2020
Contact Tracing, Explained
How extreme data tracking and testitng of the coronavirus can let our lives return to normal.
-
March 2020
That feeling when your entire house probably got the coronavirus
The coronavirus highlights all of the reasons we need to move to Medicare For All.
-
March 2020
The Feds Reaction To The Coronavirus, Explained
Numerous headlines have said the Fed is “spending” trillions to save the financial market.
-
March 2020
Server Side Rendering React In Realtime Without Melting Your Servers
How ElizabethWarren.com was able to render content updates from a headless CMS on the fly, cache everything, and serve the entire website from an S3 bucket.
-
March 2020
How ElizabethWarren.com redefined traditional campaign websites
Our favorite three words, Go To ElizabethWarren.com
-
October 2019
Write unit tests for React Hooks
A simple test utility function for custom React hooks.