Joseph Murphy
About Joseph Murphy
Joseph Murphy is a Senior Full Stack Engineer with extensive experience in frontend and backend development. He has worked at Zumper, where he optimized processes, led significant projects, and contributed to various teams, and has held positions at several other companies including Wantable, Inc. and Bank Mutual.
Work at Zumper
Joseph Murphy has been working at Zumper as a Senior Full Stack Engineer since 2022. In this role, he has significantly contributed to various projects, including optimizing the continuous integration pipeline to enhance efficiency. He collaborated with design teams to integrate custom fonts and typography into Zumper's pattern library. He also spearheaded the Vertical Gallery Feature, which improved messaging and conversion rates. Murphy has led a comprehensive refactor of the TypeScript and React frontend codebase, focusing on modularity and maintainability for high-traffic applications. His work has included driving cross-team developer velocity improvements and promoting the use of custom React hooks throughout the codebase.
Previous Experience
Before joining Zumper, Joseph Murphy held several positions in the tech industry. He worked at Bank Mutual as a Learning Technologies Specialist from 2014 to 2015. He then transitioned to Wantable, Inc., where he served as a Frontend Engineer from 2016 to 2017 and later as Lead Frontend Engineer from 2017 to 2021. His earlier experience includes a role as a Frontend Developer at Ascedia from 2015 to 2016. Additionally, he completed research apprenticeships at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in the Zilber School of Public Health and the Psychology Department from 2012 to 2013.
Education and Expertise
Joseph Murphy earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he studied from 2009 to 2013. His educational background has provided him with a foundation in analytical thinking and problem-solving. In his professional career, he has gained expertise in full stack development, particularly with technologies such as TypeScript, React, Python, and Django. His experience includes implementing best practices for testing frameworks like Cypress and Jest, as well as enhancing code maintainability and frontend technology.
Achievements at Zumper
During his tenure at Zumper, Joseph Murphy has achieved notable milestones that have positively impacted the company's operations. He created documentation and standards for deployment processes and on-call procedures, which streamlined workflows. He led the redesign of Zumper's building detail page, resulting in improved user experience and increased messaging rates. Murphy has been a major contributor to integrating Chakra-UI into Zumper's design system and has consistently pushed for improvements in code maintainability across the platform.