Feature Flag Platform
A feature flag control plane with an admin dashboard, audit logs, API keys, Redis-backed evaluation projections, and cheap async rebuilds using QStash callbacks instead of a paid worker.
Next.jsFastify
Hey, pleasure to meet you. I'm
Joe Galante.
I'm a full-stack software engineer building scalable financial platforms, with a backend-leaning focus on architecture, reliability, and performance.
About Me
I'm a full-stack software engineer based in Chicago, passionate about building robust, impactful products and delivering value through thoughtful engineering.
Currently at Canopy Capital, I work on financial platforms—designing features, shipping code across the stack, and collaborating closely with product teams. I focus on code quality, reliability, and shipping tools users love.
I enjoy tackling complex problems, from scaling backend APIs to optimizing end-to-end workflows, and I care deeply about maintainable code, observability, and system design.
I graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with degrees in Computer Science and Finance, which maps closely to the kind of technical and business problems I like solving. Outside of work, I'm usually rock climbing, getting outside, or spending time with friends and family.
Relevant skills and languages I use regularly:
React.js
Python
Django
Next.js
Golang
Vue.js
JavaScript
TypeScript
Java
SQL
Node.js
Docker
Experiences
Software Engineer @ Canopy Capital
Python, React, Next.js, Django, TypeScript, Docker, GCP
October 2023 - Present (2 yrs 6 mos)
- Own end-to-end architecture and delivery of core financial workflows across Django APIs and Next.js clients, supporting platform growth from launch to 250+ daily active users and over $1B in managed assets.
- Led system design and rollout of a centralized RBAC and object-level authorization platform governing firm, advisor, and portfolio access across critical trading and portfolio management paths, replacing fragmented legacy permission logic and improving security, maintainability, and auditability.
- Architected Redis-backed caching strategies for high-traffic portfolio analytics endpoints, reducing average response latency by roughly 30% and stabilizing performance under peak usage.
- Designed asynchronous event-driven notification pipelines using Google Cloud Tasks to decouple trade execution from user alert delivery, improving reliability and request throughput for time-sensitive portfolio update flows.
- Own evolution of core financial data models and migration strategy, executing backward-compatible schema changes and data transformations with zero production incidents attributable to database migrations.
- Built an internal administrative platform from scratch, enabling real-time visibility into advisor trading activity, portfolio performance, and firm-level AUM growth, improving operational efficiency for internal stakeholders.
- Containerized and routed backend services using Docker and Traefik, integrating fixed-income trading pipelines into centralized internal tooling and accelerating bond analysis and execution workflows.
- Optimized API performance and reduced payload sizes across portfolio and trading endpoints, improving dashboard responsiveness and overall system scalability.
Some stuff I've built
Portfolio Analytics
A real-time portfolio analytics platform with live valuation updates, holdings management, and an event-driven backend using FastAPI, Redis, PostgreSQL, and Next.js.
Next.jsFastAPI
Collaborative Dashboard Builder
A live multi-user collaborative dashboard builder with drag-and-drop widgets, autosaved persistence, and best-effort realtime presence using Fastify WebSockets and Postgres.
ReactFastify
Distributed Rate Limiter
A Go-based distributed rate limiting service with Redis token buckets, Postgres-backed policy config, deterministic precedence rules, and a thin React UI for simulation and bucket inspection.
GoTypeScript
What now?
I'd love to hear from you. Whether you have a question, a project in mind, or just want to connect, feel free to get in touch below.
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