Joshua Buss
About Joshua Buss
Joshua Buss is a Staff Engineer specializing in Infrastructure at TRM Labs in Chicago, Illinois. With over a decade of experience in engineering roles, he has a strong background in high-performance systems and containerization technologies.
Work at TRM Labs
Joshua Buss has been serving as a Staff Engineer, Infrastructure at TRM Labs since 2024. He is based in Chicago, Illinois, and has been in this role for 8 months. His responsibilities likely include overseeing infrastructure projects and ensuring the reliability and efficiency of systems within the organization.
Previous Experience
Before joining TRM Labs, Joshua Buss held various engineering roles. He worked as a Principal Engineer at Pinecone for 7 months in 2022 to 2023. He also served as an Experience Architect at Omnistrate for 5 months in 2023. His earlier positions include roles at Signal ™, where he was a Product Owner and Senior DevOps Engineer, and at Confluent, where he held multiple engineering positions, including Senior Staff Engineer and Site Reliability Engineer.
Education and Expertise
Joshua Buss earned both his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Computer Science from the University of Illinois Chicago. His academic background laid the foundation for his extensive experience in designing and supporting high-performance systems, particularly in low-latency trading and adtech processing pipelines.
Technical Skills and Specializations
Joshua possesses a deep understanding of containerization technologies, including Kubernetes, Nomad, and Mesos/Marathon. He has experience managing fault-tolerant real-time data streams using technologies such as Kafka, Druid, Hbase, Storm, and Aerospike. His expertise also includes tightening continuous integration pipelines and systematically removing single points of failure in systems.
Background in Engineering
Joshua Buss has over a decade of experience in the engineering field, focusing on infrastructure and systems reliability. He has worked in various capacities, including Operations Engineer at BrightTag and Integration Engineer at IMC Financial Markets. His roles have often involved breaking down complex problems and implementing practical solutions in high-stakes environments.