Joshua Houska

Senior Software Engineer

I create software that enables people to better understand their housing projects and needs. True Home supports new homeowners, realtors helping buy and sell houses, all the way to large funds managing their properties.

I am most passionate creating things that help people quickly understand what the information means and says.

What drives me to be better each day, is the constant exploration and relationship of design, development, and user interaction.

My free time is spent creating art, reading, hiking, traveling, or working on motorcycles. Exploration and understanding of nature, different cultures, and different industries keeps me on my toes.

Work Experiences

True Home

Denver, CO
Senior Software Engineer
2021 - Present

Design and develop asset management software that enables indiviudal to institutional funds a way to manage their assets.

Freelance

Denver, CO
Software Consultant
2010 - Present

Design, develop, maintain and consult on Websites, Web Applications, and Marketing. Ranging from on premise solutions, to highly-available, real-time cloud base SAAS applications.

FLIR Systems Inc

Denver, CO
Lead User Experience Engineer
2018 - 2021

Research, design and develop tools and visualizations to assist users of all levels of creating smart cities. Providing both real-time and historical ways to understand how people and connected devices interact.

Acyclica

Denver, CO
User Experience Engineer
2014 - 2018

Design graphics and marketing material. Design and develop various online applications while understanding and displaying large quanities of data in quick and efficient ways. Providing real-time data to vehicles, computers, and various devices

EROS Center

Sioux Falls, SD
Freelance Software Engineer
2012 - 2014

Design, Develop and Maintain public and internal websites or web applications. Both for displaying graphics and also large quantities of data.

Education

BS Computer Science, Graphic Design

University of South Dakota
2006 - 2011
Studied Graphic Design and Computer Science. While attending was an active member and officer of The Association of Computing Machinery as well as Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.

Professional Skills

Daily

Frontend Interaction

Vanilla, React, Angular 2, KnockoutJS, NodeJS, D3JS, Foundation Framework, Bootstrap 4, Bootstrap 5, Tailwind

Applications

Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, XD, Linux, MacOs

Backend

Python3, Django, AWS, Docker, GEOServer

Get in Touch

I'm currently taking on freelance work as well as enjoy grabbing some coffee and consulting on an idea or project. I enjoy building, creating and altering platforms for people to get their word out.

I can help with the following:

  • Front-end development
  • Back-end development with Django/Python
  • UI development
  • UX prototyping

Send me an email at jmhouska@gmail.com