Joseph Damiba
Senior Full-Stack Engineer
As a senior full-stack engineer with 6+ years of experience, I specialize in building modern, scalable web applications with Next.js, React, and Node.js. My work spans data visualization tools, interactive web services, and AI-powered products—most recently for @BrianTylerCohen's YouTube channel (3M+ subscribers). I'm passionate about elegant UI, robust architecture, and delivering seamless user experiences that blend performance with thoughtful design.
Featured Projects
PopcornAI
Get movie recommendations based on your resume. Winner of the 2025 SampleApp.ai Hackathon.
What It's Like To Learn About LangChain
A short film I produced, wrote, and starred in about learning about the LangChain framework.
Photogen
A full-stack Next.js application serving an AI image generator, with the ability to create models based on your own likeness.
Ives
An AI powered project manager for your job search. Get matched with jobs and generate a calendar for your side-projects.
IO Plasma Torus Simulation
A 3D plasma torus simulation using WebGL and Three.js.
Experience
Backend Engineer
@BrianTylerCohen YouTube • Oct 2024 - Present
- Architected and maintained a Node.js web service transforming live stream chats into real-time data visualizations
- Developed a Discord bot for Substack subscribers, enabling seamless authentication and exclusive content access.
- Led backend infrastructure decisions, ensuring scalability and efficiency.
Senior Front-End Developer
Artie • Sept 2022 - Jan 2024
- Owned the development and maintenance of PongLegends.com, a full-stack Next.js web app delivering a 3D gaming experience.
- Championed UI/UX enhancements, reducing page load time by 30% and increasing engagement metrics
- Collaborated with backend engineers to optimize API consumption and ensure seamless data synchronization.
Full-Stack Software Engineer
Fluxon • Aug 2021 - Aug 2022
- Led a team of engineers in feature development for a food delivery startup using Next.js and Google Firebase
- Designed and developed a complete user interface component library (35+ components) meant to consume a healthcare API being developed by a healthcare startup with over $3 billion valuation
Front-End Developer
Plotly • Aug 2018 - May 2021
- Developed and maintained Plotly's React-based Next.js marketing site, improving performance and user engagement.
- Collaborated with the open-source community to enhance Dash (Python, R, and Julia) visualization documentation.
- Worked closely with designers and marketers to launch high-impact feature pages and optimize conversion funnels.
Blog Posts
Building a Music Recommendation System Pt. 1
Let's build an application that can visit Pitchfork and get music reviews.
Upserting Twitch Live Chat Messages Into a Vector Database
Building a Node.js server that listens to Twitch live chat messages and upserts them into a vector database.
Implementing Vector Search Using Qdrant and Next.js
A tutorial on how to implement vector search in Next.js using Qdrant.
Introducing Ives - Your Project Manager for Your Job Search
An AI powered project manager for your job search.
Challenges of Making a Modern Snake Game in React & Next.js
Lessons learned and real-world debugging stories from building a feature-rich Snake game with React, Next.js, and TypeScript.