Joe Riggs

Cincinnati, OH
linkedin.com/in/joeriggs
joseph.a.riggs@gmail.com

Summary

Senior Full-Stack Engineer and Platform Architect with 15+ years designing and building scalable cloud and data systems. Led development of distributed platforms processing 50M+ daily events, AI-driven workflows, and cloud optimization initiatives delivering $2M+ in annual savings. Combines hands-on engineering with system design and cross-team technical leadership to drive product impact. Experienced in owning end-to-end architecture, mentoring engineers, and scaling systems across cloud-native environments.

Core Expertise

Professional Experience

Senior Software Engineer

Aug 2025 – Present
Constellation Energy (Contract) — Remote
  • Built and deployed an AI-driven workflow system automating past-due account resolution, reducing a multi-step manual process to a single action for sales teams
  • Designed and owned a unified data access layer integrating Databricks, SQL Server, and PostgreSQL, enabling consistent APIs for BI and AI-powered workflows across teams
  • Developed full-stack platform (Python/FastAPI + React/TypeScript) with secure OAuth integrations and injection-safe content generation
  • Established engineering standards (architecture, security, cross-repo workflows), improving onboarding speed and reducing schema/contract drift
  • Implemented distributed tracing and CI quality gates, reducing debugging time from hours to minutes and preventing regressions pre-release

Senior Software Engineer

Jan 2022 – Jun 2025
Renewable Energy Systems — Remote (London, UK)
  • Led development of a time-series ingestion platform processing 50M+ IoT events daily using Azure Functions and Event Hubs
  • Architected and executed migration of 1TB from Cosmos DB to Azure Blob Storage with tiered storage strategy, reducing costs by $150K annually
  • Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions + Terraform), tripling deployment frequency and improving release reliability
  • Built high-performance React dashboard for large-scale asset data visualization with dynamic filtering and multi-source integration

Software Instructor

Jan 2020 – Dec 2022
Tech Elevator — Cincinnati, OH (Hybrid)
  • Taught full-stack development (Java, C#, SQL, REST, Vue.js) to 150+ students with a 94% job placement rate
  • Mentored students on debugging, system design fundamentals, and agile development practices
  • Simulated real-world engineering environments through team-based capstone projects

Customer Success Engineer

Jul 2019 – Jan 2020
LISNR — Cincinnati, OH (Hybrid)
  • Integrated ultrasonic SDK into mobile payment systems, reducing checkout times by 50% for a national retailer
  • Prototyped secure touchless payment system using Raspberry Pi, Python, and Docker in partnership with FinTech innovation lab
  • Supported enterprise pilots and contributed to hardware/software integration testing

Platform Architect

Feb 2018 – Jul 2019
Health Carousel — Cincinnati, OH
  • Owned architecture for healthcare staffing workflows in Microsoft Dynamics 365, reducing processing time by 30%
  • Implemented CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, YAML), enabling consistent weekly releases and eliminating manual deployment issues

Senior Software Developer

Feb 2016 – Feb 2018
Cincinnati Public Library — Cincinnati, OH
  • Modernized legacy catalog systems into high-availability architecture, improving uptime from 95% to 99.8%
  • Introduced Scrum and CI practices, increasing team delivery speed by 40%

Senior Software Developer

Mar 2012 – Jan 2016
KnowledgeWorks — Cincinnati, OH
  • Built learning platform serving 50,000+ students across 200+ schools, enabling data-driven personalization
  • Optimized database performance (indexing, query refactoring), improving query times by 70% without added infrastructure cost

Education & Certifications

Leadership & Community