Joel EwaldoSoftware Engineer
Vol. 02 — The PortfolioEdmond, Oklahoma · USA

§ Issue 01 · About the engineer

Halo! I'm Joel.

A full-stack engineer currently shipping at Life.Church. I've written software trusted by nonprofits like Compassion International and the University of California, Irvine. Jesus inspires me to write code that serves people and makes a meaningful difference in their everyday lives.

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→ Currently based in Edmond, Oklahoma

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01Work

Where I've written code.

  1. 01 —

    Life.Church

    Associate Software Engineer

    Building and maintaining web applications on the Digital Products team.

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    • Working as an Associate Software Engineer on the Digital Products team.
    • Developing and maintaining web applications using React, TypeScript, JavaScript, and Node.js.
    • Working in agile sprints and using Jira to track delivery.

  2. 02 —

    Compassion International

    DevOps Intern

    Supported infrastructure and deployment workflows for a global platform.

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    • Contributed to mission-driven technology solutions as a DevOps intern.
    • Supported infrastructure and deployment processes for a global child sponsorship platform.
    • Collaborated with development teams to improve CI/CD pipelines and system reliability.
    • Gained hands-on experience with cloud technologies and DevOps best practices.

  3. 03 —

    Language and Learning Analytics Lab - UCI

    Software Developer

    Built research software spanning dashboards, chat systems, and backend APIs.

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    • Developed an interactive web dashboard using Next.js, Bun, React, and Tailwind CSS for AI-collaboration experiment management.
    • Engineered real-time chat rooms with Flask and Socket.IO for participant and AI agent interactions.
    • Built Django API endpoints with Clerk authentication and PostgreSQL for secure data storage.
    • Deployed on AWS with EC2, RDS, Terraform, and Ansible.
02Featured

Projects worth leading with.

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Two projects I want to lead with right now — the rest of the archive lives one click away.

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Snowbliss Cafe

A catering and pre-order website built on a tight deadline with live menu updates and Stripe payments.

· StartupView

Statpass

A sports-focused mobile startup with a React Native app, Firebase backend, and polished marketing site.

03Education

What I learned.

◇2025

University of California, Irvine

B.S. Software Engineering

Graduated with a focus on software engineering and applied product development.

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04Writing

Notes from the margin.

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Occasional essays on engineering, faith, and the things I'm still figuring out.

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