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Joel Vastbinder

Software Engineer · Indianapolis, IN

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About Me

I believe good software gets out of the way. A quality tool should feel almost familiar to new users because it solves a real, human problem. It should amplify the impact the user is already making without overcomplicating the process.

I get excited solving problems that make a tangible difference in people's lives, and that's been the throughline across everything I've built, from a compliance platform that serves thousands of students across dozens of institutions to security infrastructure protecting millions of patient records.


What I Do

Currently serving as the Tech Lead for a 5-person engineering team at HarperRand-CALRegional, working on products like a compliance platform I led the development and launch of serving 25,000+ students across 20+ institutions. I've also worked on process automation projects like a RAG-enabled AI support agent that reduced Tier 1 support volume by 80% and improvements to our enrollment process that reduced the allowed us to enroll 1000 more students in a quarter without additional headcount.

Before that: security engineering at a $2B+ healthcare company protecting 3M+ patient records, DevOps for a platform distributing $100M+ in social benefits, and working at school doing automation work that saved organizations hundreds of hours of manual work.

When I'm not working, I like hanging out with my wife, Julianne, and our dog, Wendell. I also like to play guitar, read, and build Lego.

Background

B.S. Computer Science from Taylor University (3.9 GPA) · Google Certified Professional Cloud Developer · Professional Scrum Product Owner

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