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Josh Priddle

Full-stack developer & engineering leader

Agentic Development API Design AWS Apache Automation Bash DevOps Git GitHub Actions Jekyll Laravel Laravel Horizon Leadership Linux MySQL NGINX Node.js PHP PHPUnit Payment Integration PostgreSQL RSpec Rails Redis Ruby Scrum Sidekiq Tailwind CSS Vim Vue.js Web Hosting WordPress

VP of Software Development

May 2025–Present

BuiltFast, LLC · Remote

Leading architecture and development of a comprehensive web hosting management platform. Designing multi-tenant Laravel 12 API applications supporting shared hosting, VPS, and managed WordPress services with automated provisioning and billing integration. Establishing security-first architecture with strict account-level data isolation and comprehensive testing with PestPHP.

Director of Software Development

Aug 2019–Apr 2025

A2 Hosting, Inc · Remote

Led the software development team responsible for maintaining the customer billing system and control panels servicing over 110,000 clients and 385,000 WordPress sites. Spearheaded architecture, design, and development of TurboHub and GoCart. Promoted from Sr. Software Developer to Director in Feb 2020.

Senior Developer

Jul 2017–Aug 2019

Envato Pty Ltd. · Remote

Worked with Site Reliability Engineering team to maintain performance and security on ThemeForest.net, one of the world's largest Ruby on Rails sites by traffic. Implemented bug-fixes, performance improvements, platform updates, and on-call issue response. Built internal tooling for on-call rotations using PagerDuty and AWS Lambda.

Senior Software Engineer

Jul 2015–Jul 2017

Pressed Platform, Inc · Remote

Led architecture, design, and development of Pressed Bundles. Oversaw payment processor migration from Litle/Vantiv to Braintree. Interviewed and onboarded new developers. Pressed was acquired by Envato in September 2017.

Software Engineer

May 2011–Jul 2015

World Wide Web Hosting, LLC · Remote

Built and maintained several internally used systems for staff and customers to manage web hosting services. Led maintenance for billing systems Synco and its replacement Helix. Oversaw successful migration of several thousand customers from WHMCS.

Software Engineer

Dec 2008–May 2011

HostRocket.com, Inc · Clifton Park, NY

Led development for several key projects for ViaTalk and DotBlock (HostRocket subsidiaries). Implemented ViaTalk PBX, handling hundreds of daily support calls for all HostRocket companies. Maintained customer/staff control panels.