Joseph Tochka

Joseph Tochka

Joseph Tochka

Senior Software Engineer

Software engineer and technical leader with 17+ years of experience. Automation enthusiast and proponent of AI coding tools. Recent work involves deploying production GraphRAG systems for researchers and building with multimodal models across audio, video, and agentic workflows.

Experience

UnknownSenior Software Engineer

2022 — Now

RANDSenior Applications Developer, AI

2024 — 2025

PhilipsSenior Software Engineer

2019 — 2022

2019 — 2022

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Worked on diverse projects utilizing C# .NET, JavaScript, and MS-SQL, and using Azure to scale up while optimizing performance

Collaborated with cross-functional teams and helped hire and manage software engineers to deliver high-quality software solutions

Developed health tech solutions utilized by major Boston area hospitals for Covid 19 response coordination and communication with patients

MedumoTeam Lead, Senior Software Engineer

2018 — 2019

2018 — 2019

Boston, MA

Helped grow a 20 person health-tech startup to have their software utilized in dozens of major hospitals and ultimately be acquired by Philips

NGP VANWeb Developer, Team Lead

2012 — 2018

2012 — 2018

Somerville, MA

Manage team of six software engineers

On-boarding and training new members

Agile sprint planning

Utilizing C#, VB .NET, ASP MVC, AngularJS and more to deliver superior web applications to clients

Education

University of Massachusetts Amherst

BSEE

2005 — 2009