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Josh Saint Jacque

Full stack staff software engineer in Seattle, building resilient web and mobile products with Rails, Hotwire, TypeScript, React, and practical product sense.

Seattle joshsaintjacque@gmail.com joshsaintjacque.com
Pixel art of Josh working at a standing desk with a golden doodle

Core Stats

Skill Tree

  1. Full stack web development LV 99
    96%
  2. Accessibility LV 88
    88%
  3. Rapid development cycles LV 94
    94%
  4. Test-Driven Development LV 90
    90%
  5. AI agent orchestration LV 93
    93%

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Languages & Frameworks

  • Ruby
  • Rails
  • Turbo
  • Stimulus
  • React
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • PostgreSQL
  • SQLite
  • CSS
  • HTML

Quest Log

Experience

Nov 2024 - Present Remote

Buoy

Staff Software Engineer

I work on software for blood plasma clinics and donors, including web and native mobile applications.

Sep 2022 - Sep 2024 Remote

Brightline

Staff Software Engineer

  • Led development of the BrightLife Kids member experience, offering free mental healthcare to all children under 13 in California and driving tens of thousands of enrollments in the first year.
  • Released Brightline's Android app using Kotlin and modern Rails Turbo views.
  • Built and launched an onboarding system for mental healthcare screenings such as PSC-17 that guided families to the right care.
Feb 2021 - Sep 2022 Remote

Brightline

Sr. Software Engineer

  • Scaled a user-facing Rails app with Stimulus and Turbo, supporting millions of covered lives.
  • Developed interactive exercises in React and TypeScript.
  • Launched Connect, a CMS-driven content library personalized for families.
  • Led a web accessibility initiative for WCAG 2.1 AA and managed a third-party audit and VPAT.
  • Introduced CI/CD pipelines with automated accessibility checks, enabling continuous deployments.
  • Created an internal component library for rapid, accessible UI development.
Aug 2020 - Feb 2021 Remote

Nintendo via AIM Consulting Group

Lead React Engineer

  • Developed a React and TypeScript solution allowing developers to bring games to Nintendo devices.
  • Shipped features for game uploads, QA management, and e-shop launches.
May 2019 - Apr 2020 Remote

Voom Airbus

Sr. Software Engineer

  • Shipped APIs in Rails, web clients in React, and mobile clients in React Native.
  • Led TypeScript conversion for web and mobile projects.
  • Built customer and partner-facing apps for flight bookings and operations.
Apr 2018 - May 2019 Bellevue, WA

T-Mobile

Software Engineer

  • Led the launch of the T-Mobile DIGITS web client, serving 100M+ customers.
  • Built large-scale apps using React, TypeScript, and Electron.
  • Integrated WebRTC for rich media communication, including voice, video, and screen sharing.
Sep 2017 - Apr 2018 Seattle, WA

Shepherd Software

Software Engineer

  • Delivered features for a B2B SaaS used in veterinary hospitals worldwide.
  • Designed APIs in Rails with PostgreSQL and built responsive frontend work with React, Redux, and TypeScript.
Mar 2014 - Sep 2017 Seattle, WA

Ritani

Software Engineer

  • Built dynamic UIs and integrated APIs with jQuery and JavaScript.
  • Independently shipped features in Rails, MySQL, Redis, and Elasticsearch.
Jan 2011 - Nov 2013 Seattle, WA

Corbis

Technical Product Manager

  • Launched a full-service music licensing application.
  • Replaced proprietary services with open-source tools, saving $750,000 annually.
  • Managed a team of research, clearance, and technical analysts to build a comprehensive music rights holder database.

Training

Education

Pacific Lutheran University

Bachelor's in Business Administration, 2002 - 2006

With studies in Computer Science & Engineering.

Unlockable

Patent

Interactive Licensing of Media with Negotiation and Dynamic Pricing Guidance

Filed October 11, 2011 - United States COR.P034