Irvine-Based

Joseph
Russoniello

Data Engineer & Software Developer
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Senior at Boston University with 3 years shipping data and backend systems that improve reliability, increase tool adoption, and retain stakeholder trust. Delivered cost, speed, and audit wins in production, including an open-source Python SDK that is the #1 Google result for its category.

TargetData Engineer / Backend SWE
StartFull-time · May 2026
LocationCalifornia, New York, or Remote
StrengthsPipelines, APIs, Dev Tooling, ML
View Projects → Resume LinkedIn ↗ GitHub ↗
engineer.py
01class Engineer:
02  def __init__(self):
03    self.name = "Joseph Russoniello"
04    self.gpa = 3.98
05    self.saved = "$1.5M / yr"
06    self.stack = ["Python","Rust","PySpark"]
07    self.cloud = "Azure + MS Fabric"
08    self.ships = True
09
10  def impact(self):
11    # 80% faster data pipelines
12    # 15x BI load time improvement
13    # 95% report time reduction
14    return "measurable"
GPA 3.98 ● Live in Production BU AI Researcher
$1.5M
Estimated Annual Cloud Spend Savings
80%
Less Manual Pipeline Work
15x
Faster BI Dashboard Loads
95%
Less Time Spent Building Reports
1K+
Student Repositories Automated (BU)
#1
Google Ranking for "Python ADP SDK"
Experience

Where I've Worked

3 years building data pipelines, production APIs, and developer tools.

Data Engineer Trinity Property Consultants May 2025 – Present
California, United States · Hybrid
  • Engineered PySpark, Hadoop, and SQL workflows, boosting data processing efficiency by 80% across business domains
  • Designed STAR schema Direct Lake data models to optimize BI performance, decreasing load times by 15x
  • Replaced SaaS reporting with internal tools, saving $1.5 million yearly while improving team adoption and long-term data ownership
  • Built a production REST API on Azure Functions with secure auth and rotating secrets, improving system reliability for milestone tracking, lease auditing, and calendar integrations
  • Authored adpapi, the open-source Python ADP SDK (PyPI, #1 Google result) underpinning all internal ADP integrations
Teaching Assistant Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences — Boston University Jan 2025 – Present
Boston, Massachusetts · On-site
  • Designed and delivered Rust and memory efficiency modules, increasing code performance understanding among students
  • Integrated WSL workflows to enhance cross-platform lab accessibility for a diverse student cohort
  • Guided students through neural network troubleshooting, producing measurable improvements in assignment pass rates
  • Built and maintained rust-autograder-setup CLI — deployed in Intro to Rust and retained course-wide usage across 130+ students, 1,000+ repositories, and 38 releases
Data Analyst Intern Red Tail Acquisitions Aug 2024 – Jul 2025
Irvine, California · Hybrid
  • Developed Power BI models, cutting report generation time by 95%
  • Implemented statistical and ML models to improve budget forecasts for a multi-million-dollar portfolio
  • Streamlined data pipelines to increase model training throughput and predictive accuracy
Projects

What I've Built

Open-source tools and research with real users and production deployments.

API
PKG GH
adpapi - Python ADP SDK
● PyPI Published ● #1 Google Result ● Production Deployed

Production Python SDK for ADP Workforce Now that made integrations faster to ship and easier to maintain. Includes secure OAuth2+mTLS auth, resilient retries, and typed OData query building with CI quality checks.

PythonOAuth2 + mTLSOData AST PyPImypypytestruff
// Deployed Production Architecture
ADP API→ adpapi SDK
↓ Cloud Backend
Azure FunctionsMS Fabric DB+Stored Procs
↓ Powers Sysadmin Pipelines
Calendar Sync Deduction Auditing HR Email Automation
Azure FunctionsMS Fabric Rotating SecretsApp RegistrationCRM Reconciliation
LIB
↗ GH
frosts
● 6 Stars ● Fully Documented

Pandas-like framework for Power Automate + Excel Office Scripts that brings filter/groupby/pivot/merge workflows to no-npm environments and improves automation retention.

TypeScriptOffice Scripts Power AutomateDataFrame API
CLI
PKG GH
rust-autograder-setup
● Live at BU · 130+ Students ● 38 Releases

Rust CLI that sets up GitHub Classroom autograding in under 60 seconds, cutting instructor setup time and supporting sustained use across 1,000+ student repositories.

RustCLIAST Parsing GitHub Actionscrates.io
ML
GH
STS Win Prediction
● 126K Runs · 3M+ Floors ● Academic Paper

End-to-end ML pipeline using PyTorch LSTMs to predict Slay the Spire win probability across 126K runs, with evaluation tooling and publishable research outcomes.

PyTorchLSTMSVD Embeddings scikit-learnJupyter
Skills

Tech Stack

Languages, frameworks, and platforms I've shipped production code with.

// Languages
Python Rust TypeScript SQL Java C#
// Data Engineering
PySpark Hadoop Microsoft Fabric Direct Lake / STAR Schema Stored Procedures
// ML & Data Science
PyTorch scikit-learn NumPy / pandas Predictive Modeling Statistical Analysis
// Cloud & Infrastructure
Azure Functions App Registrations Rotating Secrets GitHub Actions CI/CD Cloud Computing
// Business Intelligence
Power BI Data Visualization Dashboard Architecture Web Scraping
// APIs & Auth
OAuth2 + mTLS REST API Design OData Microsoft Graph ADP Workforce Now
Education

Academic Background

B.S. in Data Science
Boston University — Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences
Aug 2022 - May 2026 (Expected)
  • Treasurer: Boston University on Broadway
  • Boston University AI Development Acceleration Researcher
  • Course Assistant: Intro to Rust (Faculty of CDS)
  • Relevant coursework: Systems Programming, Machine Learning, Linear Algebra, Bayesian/Frequentist Statistics, Data Engineering, Algorithms
3.98
GPA
Contact

Let's Connect

Seeking full-time software engineering and data engineering roles starting May 2026. I build retention-oriented data and backend systems that improve reliability, adoption, and measurable business outcomes. Based in California or New York, open to hybrid or remote.

@
joseph.m.rusoniello@gmail.com
Preferred contact
 PH
520 252 3876
Available Mon–Fri
 GH
github.com/JoeyRussoniello
Open source work
 in
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-russoniello-b57681252/
Professional network