Joe May

Software engineer · BS Computer Science, University of Rhode Island '26

About

I build data pipelines and backend systems in Python and TypeScript. My projects have centered on market data, automation, and web apps for real users, including trading research, a client booking site, and monitoring services. Some are live; others are documented as historical case studies.

Recent CS grad (URI, May 2026, data science minor) with a semester of computer networks and databases at UNSW Sydney. Looking for software, data engineering, and analytics roles — Rhode Island, remote, or open to relocating.

Projects

Financial Data Research Case Study

Python · NumPy · pandas · SciPy · offline validation

A public case study of historical research and paper-trading work. It includes architecture notes, a statistical validation module with an offline synthetic example, and sanitized configuration. Live services and account-connected code are not included. A new ML experiments folder (October 2026) adds two small NumPy text classifiers and reports their actual results, including one that did not beat its baseline.

Captain Mike's Charters

React · TypeScript · Vite · FishingBooker

A client website for Pushing Limits Sportfishing in Point Judith, RI. The current site presents trips and policies and integrates FishingBooker for availability and checkout. An earlier Supabase booking platform, including database-level double-booking protection, is preserved in the repository.

Delivery Tracker

JavaScript · Firebase · Leaflet

Driver and dispatcher dashboards with a standalone, no-account demo. Try status changes and simulated routes using fictional drivers. The separate Firebase application provides the account-based location-sharing workflow.

Open Source

instaloader #2712 — fix caption mentions dropped after newlines

Python · Merged open-source contribution

Root-caused a four-year-old regression in the mention-parsing regex (a 2022 commit excluded newlines from the character class), restored correct behavior, and added a regression test.