Joe Newbry

I like early stage startups, mission driven teams, and A.I. that helps people.


2024 -
Senior iOS Engineer at Walmart

Developed a barcode scanner for Walmart's internal employee app, used across all stores, improving scanning accuracy by 40% and reducing operational costs by ~$1.2M/year. Enhanced release processes by integrating SonarQube into CI/CD pipeline and created staging build pipeline using Fastlane and Looper.
2023 - 2024
Senior iOS Engineer at Grindr

Launched new features in Grindr's iOS app using RxSwift, Coordinator pattern, and MVVC. Collaborated with design and product teams to convert Figma designs into scoped Jira tickets, with data persistence using WebSockets, REST API, and Core Data.
2023
Senior A.I. Engineer at Screen Timelapse

Architected end-to-end screen history solution that integrated with Claude using ChromaDB's MCP framework. Implemented automated screenshot capture every 60 seconds, text extraction via Tesseract.js OCR, and JSON storage of metadata.
2022 - 2023
Senior A.I. Engineer at Sunny A.I.

Designed architecture of LLM-based state machine with tool use that loaded JSON therapy sessions, and pulled in relevant client information throughout the conversation using RAG and named variables. Configured multitask architecture to run safety checks in the background.
2019 - 2023
Surfing Adventures

Spent 5 years traveling and surfing around the world, with extensive time surfing in Panama, California, and Oregon.
2019
Founder at Cadmium

Managed a three-person team that built A.I.-powered drawing tools for hand-drawn animation.
2015 - 2017
Software Engineer at Microsoft

Led research effort to build an image classifier model on iOS devices using TensorFlow Lite for on-device receipt detection. Launched SpendIQ — a Swift project that used on-device receipt detection. Worked on MileIQ using state machines to process GPS data.
2010 - 2014
Bachelor of Arts in Economics (sequence in Computer Science) at Claremont McKenna College

Focused on the intersection of economics and technology, with coursework in computer science fundamentals, algorithms, and economic modeling.
projects
Flow - A dev tool that makes your work history searchable and sharable.
Chess Robot - A physical chess-playing robot inspired by the UMI work done at Stanford. Its goal is to pack inference onto a Jetson Orin Nano and be able to successfully complete a game of 6x6 chess.
Task Processor - An AI-powered task management system that breaks down complex projects into actionable steps. Uses natural language processing to understand project requirements and automatically generates structured task lists with dependencies, timelines, and resource allocation.
KnowYourPolitician - A transparency platform that aggregates and analyzes political data to help voters make informed decisions. Features voting record analysis, campaign finance tracking, and policy position mapping using data science and machine learning techniques.
blog
Software, Surfing, and Startups - My personal blog where I write about software development, startup experiences, and surfing adventures. Sharing insights from the intersection of technology and life.
misc
Random thoughts, side experiments, and interesting discoveries that don't fit neatly into other categories. Life is messy and so is creativity.