Available for new projects

Joe Sparkman Cloud App Developer

I build serverless applications and automation tooling on AWS. Passionate about clean backend logic, event-driven pipelines, and managing infrastructure as code.

See It In Action

App Demos

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QuickBite App
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Biometric Scan App
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Pet Recipe App
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FIFA Neon App
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Food Scanner App
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Call Triage Pipeline

Deep Dive

Project Architecture

A closer look at the stack, infrastructure, and design decisions behind each app demoed above.

Live
Biometric Verify API
POST /verify
→ Rekognition
✓ 200 VERIFIED
Biometric Scan App
AWS Rekognition face verification.
Python Lambda Rekognition DynamoDB HTML CSS AWS SAM API Gateway S3 Secrets Manager
Live
FIFA Neon App
Neon Modes
Interactive Experience
⚡ Launch Ready
FIFA Neon App
Real-time sports data dashboard.
JavaScript Node.js Lambda DynamoDB HTML CSS AWS SAM Terraform GitHub Actions API Gateway S3
Live
QuickBite UI
Delivery Flow
Full-Stack Experience
✓ Deployed
QuickBite App
Full-stack restaurant ordering system.
React Python DynamoDB Cognito HTML CSS Vite Lambda API Gateway S3 CloudFront
Live
Pet Recipe Assistant
POST /recipes
Gemini + AWS API
✓ Auth Enabled
Pet Recipe App
Gemini AI-powered recipe generation.
Python Gemini API Lambda DynamoDB HTML CSS JavaScript Cognito API Gateway S3 CloudFront
Live
Food Scanner
POST /analyze
OpenAI + AWS API
✓ Cognito + DynamoDB
Food Scanner App
OpenAI photo analysis and history.
Next.js TypeScript Python OpenAI React Cognito Lambda API Gateway DynamoDB S3 CloudFront
Live
Call Triage Pipeline
S3 ObjectCreated →
Whisper + GPT-4o-mini
✓ Triaged & Emailed
Call Triage Pipeline
AI-triaged voicemail transcription for property management.
Python EventBridge OpenAI Whisper GPT-4o-mini Terraform Lambda S3 DynamoDB Amazon SES
Live
Static Site CI/CD
git push → main
OIDC + S3 + CloudFront
✓ Deployed via GitHub Actions
Portfolio Website
Infrastructure-as-code CI/CD deployment.
S3 CloudFront GitHub Actions IAM OIDC HTML CSS JavaScript ACM

Credentials

Certifications & Achievements

In Progress
AWS Certified Developer - Associate (In Progress)
AWS Certified Developer - Associate
In Progress
AWS Certified AI Practitioner (In Progress)
AWS Certified AI Practitioner
Education

Academic Background

Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Marketing
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
Web Design
Associate of Arts (AA)
Visual Communications

About Me

From Enterprise Operations to Cloud Architecture

I spent years managing complex web platforms for large enterprise CMS systems handling millions of requests, where downtime costs real money. That taught me how to think about reliability, scalability, and operations. Now I apply those lessons to cloud infrastructure: building systems that stay up, handle load, and don't surprise you at 3am. The tools changed (Lambda instead of servers), but the thinking is the same.

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Let's Build Something in the Cloud

Looking for full-time cloud engineering opportunities or project collaboration. Whether you need assistance building serverless APIs, writing IaC, or setting up deployment pipelines, drop me a line.