Joseph Holtkamp

Software Engineer

ACT•  May 2022 - June 2023

As a software engineer at ACT, I worked in Data Engineering. There I worked on the implementation and maintenance of ETL pipelines. This required me to use technologies such as Apache Spark, Python, AWS, Databricks, Node.js, and Jenkins.

Full Stack Engineer

Iowa Department of Natural Resources•  February 2021 - May 2022

At the Iowa DNR, I worked in a full stack capacity working on web applications as an intern. On the front-end, I got to design web pages and forms using jQuery and Bootstrap. The back-end was written using the .NET MVC Framework in C#. The database layer was in SSMS SQL. In this role I gained a lot of experience working in enterprise and it was great moving into an independent role where they could take a hands free approach to my work assignments.

Software Developer

CattleTEC•  February 2020 - June 2021

CattleTEC was a startup company in the Agricultural Industry where I gained an introduction to many technologies and got to see what the software development process looks like for entrepreneurs. The tech stack we worked with was Angular, Ionic, MongoDB, and AWS EC2. While I was not the most proficient in these tools, I would say this was a valuable experience in becoming the software engineer I am today.

Software Development Intern

LEAN Technologies•  May 2020 - August 2020

LEAN Technologies is a small tech company that maintains and adds features to their web application utilized in the manufacturing world. Built with ASP.NET, VB.NET, and JavaScript, I was tasked with standardizing various software practices across their platform. These tasks ranged from replacing all hard coded instances of English text with references to resource files where the same text could be stored either as is or as translated versions to strongly typing the existing code and preparing the platform for the Bootstrap theme.

Iowa State University of Science and Technology

Software Engineering, BS•  August 2018 - May 2022

Iowa State University is where I began as an undeclared engineering major and through the friends I made discovered my passion for programming. By the end of my 4 years I earned a degree in Software Engineering. Through school, I learned about OOP, software design, embedded systems, and DSA. In my education, I gained experience in Java, C, C++, SQL, and a bit of Python, Go, Dart, and MIPS Assembly.