Joseph Seagal

Skills

Education

Drexel University

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (Sep. 2021 - June 2026)

Experience

• Developed and maintained pivotal Cancer Moonshot projects, driving technological advancements to accelerate breakthroughs in cancer research
• Created a test framework within an agile methodology, significantly reducing manual testing time and accelerating development cycles resulting in more efficient releases
• Performed regression testing on biopsy data transfer process, ensuring researchers had accurate and reliable records
• Designed specialized end-to-end tests using Playwright, including simulated user interactions and database verification, to ensure coverage across development, quality assurance, staging, and production environments
• Implemented automated smoke tests for CI/CD pipeline to proactively catch regression issues with each code push, resulting in reliable releases with fewer defects
• Documented and showcased value of automated testing to the broader business through standard operating procedures and live demonstrations

• Configured servers using Citrix Workspace to troubleshoot, test, and deploy software upgrades, as well as to manage security and user permissions
• Engineered infrastructure and provided ongoing support for multiple servers hosting business-critical tools such as EMS Office Hoteling and Desk Booking Software to ensure reliability for employees and clients
• Collaborated with team members using the ServiceNow ticketing system to assist workers with various software including MS Office, Uniflow, and Microsoft Teams
• Crafted internal websites using SharePoint to implement documentation libraries, forms, and administrative features

• Completed hardware testing, troubleshooting, and component disassembly for repair and maintenance processes
• Conducted inspections, diagnostics, and repairs in computer labs to ensure systems were operational for student and faculty use
• Provided IT support and managed the organization of legacy hardware, cables, and e-waste

Seagal Solutions, Inc

• Engaged customers by gathering information, resolving inquiries, and facilitating team communication through weekly meetings and brainstorming sessions
• Assessed and contributed to the creation of company documentation, including statements of work and proposals
• Configured Windows and Linux operating systems on servers exclusively dedicated to oncology research

• Participated in tournaments by assisting staff with the set up of competition materials and clearing the area after the tournament was completed
• Aided the organization by ensuring that the competing teams are qualified to take part in challenges

• Collaborated with ten team members to build and program a robot that would compete in tournaments
• Managed the team to complete tasks in an efficient manner that kept up with deadlines

Projects

• Developing a hand-drawn platformer following a cleaning robot in a retro-futuristic mall with several team members
• Utilizing Godot engine to rapidly engineer new features and in-game entities using a custom-designed module system
• Crafted a Godot addon that imports and parses JSON Canvas node graphs into game-ready resources, enabling fully navigable dialogue trees, variable precompilation, situational logic, rolls, and command execution, making it trivial to design complex dialogue and cutscenes through a visual tool without writing code
• Engineered a modular camera system with zone-based boundaries, priority-driven overrides, and cinematic transitions, giving level designers fine-tuned control over camera behavior and player experience

• Designing and developing a website with an online resume using CSS, HTML and Vercel for hosting
• Utilizing GitHub for version control, enabling tracking of changes during the development process of the website

• Created an online multiplayer soccer game focused on fast paced competitive play between connected players
• Established a multiplayer networking layer using React and WebSockets to keep gameplay consistent for all participants during live sessions
• Defined server side logic to simulate ball behavior and govern match flow with centralized game rules
• Implemented lobby and matchmaking systems with join codes and server managed rooms to reliably organize player sessions and coordinate clean game starts

Board Game Database Application

• Designed an application that allows board game players to create accounts, join groups, set preferences, and discover new games tailored to their interests
• Modeled a normalized PostgreSQL schema to represent complex many-to-many relationships across games, users, groups, and creators, enabling flexible querying
• Added user and group management features with full CRUD support and preference driven search backed by multi table join queries

Test Taking Software

• Developed software encompassing survey and test creation, completion, tabulation, and grading all utilizing Java
• Implemented serialization functionality to facilitate the saving and loading of user-input files within the system

Banking Software

• Utilized UML to organize and visualize project elements, including classes, functions, attributes, and relationships
• Employed Java along with the Test Driven Development methodology to create a functional banking simulation

Platformer Game

• Collaborated with a team of amateur software engineers on the development of a 2D platformer game, utilizing C#, Unity, and GitLab for code sharing, testing, and updates, all while adhering to the Agile methodology