Josh Davis – Software Architect

josh@joshdavis:~/profile — bash


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josh@joshdavis:~$ whoami

Josh Davis — Software Architect @ BambooHR

josh@joshdavis:~$ cat about.md

Designing & architecting payroll platforms.
Scaling from hundreds to tens of thousands of customers.
PHP / MySQL / MSSQL / .NET / Python.
Mastering agentic programming & AI-assisted workflows.
12+ years of software engineering experience.

josh@joshdavis:~$ █

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Design and architect software for the payroll portions of the BambooHR product.
Assist many teams to design quality and efficient software.
Help scale from hundreds to tens of thousands of customers within payroll, including scaling systems and databases.
Technologies: PHP, MySQL, MSSQL, .NET (C# and VB), Python.

Worked within payroll product offerings, architecting software from code and database perspectives.
Provided guidance to engineers across the organization.
Primarily backend work in PHP, MySQL, MSSQL; some .NET (C# and VB).
Occasional frontend work with JavaScript (React) and CSS (Stylus).

Led teams within payroll software, architecting new code and guiding engineers.
Contributed to a product trio from the feasibility aspect.
Primarily backend in PHP, MySQL, MSSQL; some .NET (C# and VB).

Led a small team of engineers across time off, time tracking, and calendars.
Helped lead payroll efforts, architecting software built by the team.
Worked in PHP (backend), JavaScript/React (frontend), MySQL/MSSQL (database).

Worked in PHP (backend), JavaScript (frontend), and MySQL (database).
Wrote BASH scripts when necessary.
Responsible for architecting software — from creating meaningful objects and classes to writing efficient code.

Contributed to building the world's best HRIS.
Worked on frontend, backend, database, and everything in between.

$ cat education.md

josh@joshdavis:~$ cat /etc/education

Utah State University

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Graduated Summa Cum Laude

USU GPA: 3.91 Cumulative GPA: 3.75

2012 – 2014

josh@joshdavis:~$ cat /etc/education

Snow College

Associate of Science, Associate of Pre-Engineering

Computer Engineering

2008 – 2012

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💻 Languages

PHP
Python
JavaScript
C#
VB
Bash

🗄️ Databases

MySQL
MSSQL
Redis

🔧 Frameworks & Tools

Laravel
PHPStorm/Jetbrains
React
.NET
Stylus
Git
Docker
AWS

⚡ Practices

Software Arch
System Design
Agile / Scrum
CI/CD
Code Review
Mentoring

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Open to new opportunities, interesting projects, or just connecting with fellow engineers.

josh@joshdavis.me github.com/joshdavis11 linkedin.com/in/joshdavis11

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Software Architect

Principal Software Engineer, Backend

Sr. Software Engineer, Tech Lead

Sr. Software Engineer, Backend

Software Engineer

Jr. Web Developer