Joshua Ramsbottom

Objective

Work for a company that is transparent, in a role where I can shape products that make the world better for everyone.

Work

• Full Stack Engineer | Stitch

  May 2023 - Present

  Digital wallets

  • Designed and built a frontend SDK for enabling payments with Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay.
  • Built with web components to be easy to maintain while supporting many frontend stacks.

  Pay with crypto

  • Collaborated with product designer on UX.
  • Added user journey for paying with crypto to existing hosted UI.

  Disbursements

  • Built a true first-in-first-out disbursement queuing product to help clients process disbursements deterministically.
  • Increased speed at which large batches of disbursements are processed compared to existing concurrent solution, from 25 minutes to 59 seconds for a batch of 2000 disbursements.
  • Handles thousands of disbursements per day.

  Card integration

  • Implemented recon process for card payments and reversals.
  • Added end-to-end tests for successful payments.
  • Provided guidance and feedback on adding a new payment method to existing hosted UI.
• Engineering Team Lead | Stitch

  June 2022 - April 2023

  Capitec Pay

  • Led the team that integrated the Capitec Pay API, including recon and settlement for merchants.
  • Provided technical oversight and communicated project status with stakeholders.
  • Ran planning sessions, 1-1 check-ins, and performance reviews with team members.
  • Project included updates and refactorings across multiple services as well as one new service.
  • Supported integration during go live process.
  • Integration handles thousands of payments per day.

  Security

  • Reviewed 3rd party pentest findings and scoped project to implement fixes.

  Stitch website

  • Deployed Strapi CMS and Next.js site using Terraform.
  • Reviewed contractor proposals for website projects.
• Front End Engineer | Stitch
  June 2021 - May 2022

  Hosted UI

  • Architected the web application for facilitating account linking and payment initiation.
  • Runs on mobile, desktop, and can be embedded in other applications.
  • Built with Next.js, Typescript, XState, and Tailwind to be modular and themable.
  • Collaborated with designers and implemented custom generic components and pages from Figma designs.
  • Developed a mechanism for loading custom forms dynamically.
  • Integrated server with Datadog for logging and monitoring.
  • The app has since been extended to support multiple payment methods.
  • Handles over 100 000 sessions per day.

  Local development environment

  • Improved local kubernetes development experience by adding Tilt.
• Intermediate Software Developer | Electrum Payments

  October 2019 - May 2021

  Recon dashboard

  • Enterprise recon dashboard that allowed clients to view and action transactions.
  • Designed pages using Figma.
  • Built into existing front end using React and Redux. Displays thousands of paginated transactions.
  • Integrated Keycloak to provide enterprise authentication.

  Mentoring

  • Mentored junior developers through their first three months at Electrum.
  • Mentored interns through the six week graduate programme.
• Junior Software Developer | Electrum Payments

  February 2017 - September 2019

  • Added new features to a bespoke client operations front end, written in vanilla HTML, CSS, and Javascript.
  • Implemented a new API for purchasing Lotto tickets including the corresponding vendor integration in Java.
  • Took over development of the client dashboard front end from a contractor, built with React and Redux.
• Junior Software Developer | Clockwork Acorn

  November 2015 - January 2017

  • Implemented front and back-end features on a visual SDK built with Node.js and JQuery.
  • Built a simple desktop app that provides a GUI for a CLI tool using Electron, React, and Redux.
  • Implemented the UI for a simple iOS app in Swift.
  • Migrated core code from Python to C++, including automated builds and unit tests.
• Software Development Intern | Triggerfish Animation Studios

  July 2015

  • Built a Softimage plugin that analysed all camera movements over the course of a scene to produce the smallest necessary matte painting geometry.

Education

• UX Design | GetSmarter

  February 2019 - July 2019

• Computer Science | University of Cape Town

  January 2012 - November 2015

  • BSc (Hons) in Computer Science and Computer Games Development
  • Built a VR application for previsualisation using Unity for the Oculus Rift.
  • Worked with 3D animation students to build a platformer adventure game with Unity.
  • Tutored Computer Science from 2013 to 2015.