United States

Front-end

UX Engineering

Front-End Developer Nanodegree

Full Stack JavaScript

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

Josh Bowden

Senior Software Engineer, Design Systems

GitHub

Communication

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Accessibility

Design systems

React

Figma

HTML

JavaScript

Tips for transitioning into a new role or company.

Changing roles

Get actionable feedback on your resume or portfolio.

Resume and portfolio review

Practice HR, technical and behavioural interviews with mentors.

Practice mock interviews

Talk to people who've broken into the tech industry and learn their stories.

Breaking into tech

- Leading component pattern development.
- Establishing infrastructure for our design system following industry-leading best practices.
- Crafting comprehensive roadmaps to chart the course for the future of our design system.
- Spearheading architectural changes to drive forward-thinking advancements.

- Mentoring engineers on technical skills, career development, and interview preparation.
- Discussing design systems and accessibility.
- Creating long term growth plans for new engineers trying to advance in their careers.
- Assisted 4 mentees to get their first engineering role and others to get back into the industry.

- Acting as DRI (Directly Responsible Individual) or Tech/Project Lead for quarterly work towards our OKR's
- Developing design system components to be used in specific brand use cases like marketing pages.
- Assisting in architectural decision-making and implementation
- Member of the accessibility-champions team working to improve accessibility throughout GitHub

- Leading architecture and development of our component library.
- Managing relations between design and development, leading discussions around the design system.
- Creating tools such as GitHub actions and Webpack plugins to better our developer experience at CarGurus.

- Planning and developing the creation of our design system and component library.
- Organizing thought leaders to make the best decisions regarding architecture and development.
- Working with the design team to create components in advance of product engineers needing them
- Creating automation build tools with GitHub actions to streamline the process of development for a wide-spanning tool like a component library.

- Developing growth features for the consumer-facing website
- Working with multiple internal teams to deliver quick turnarounds
- Active member of Push Gurus focusing on supporting other engineers with their code release issues.
- Leader of development for large page redesigns

- Collaborating with clients development teams in integrate Cylindo software on their websites as an Integration Engineer.
- Developing tools to better support client integrations as well as demonstration of the Cylindo platform as a Software Engineer.
- Answering tech questions in sales situations as a Sales Engineer.

- Designed and tested responsive web assets for Wordpress sites and landing pages.
- Created a development environment for IBM Marketing Cloud landing pages using gulp.
- Managing Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Google Search Console, and Google AdWords 
  accounts, across the healthcare brands.

-Managed Facebook and twitter accounts using Hootsuite. 
-Formatted posts for the company website using Wordpress.
-Worked with promotion teams to bring attention to upcoming company sponsored events.

-Assisted customers with information on products as well as recommendations of product use and service.
-Instructed children at the surf camp on overall form while teaching safety skills in the water.
-Worked with the owner on beneficial changes to the shop layout and social media reach.

-Implement setup for events at the university on day of event, including AV equipment, seating, tables, food, etc.
-Act as point person to solve problems that arise at all stages of the event planning.
-Coordinate with university services to solve problems, utilize resources, and ensure event occurs as planned.

- Assisted students with disabilities with assistive technology.

- Managed the basic functions of the office including  copying, filling, and scanning books to be read on an e-reader.

Josh Bowden🇺🇸

About Josh Bowden

Expertise

What mentees say