Joel Bjerk

Joel Bjerk is an experienced engineering manager and software engineer with a strong background in data engineering, software development, and team management. Currently serving as an Engineering Manager at Turo since March 2021, Joel leads a team of five in data engineering. Previous roles include Engineering Manager at OODA Health, where responsibility encompassed managing a developer team and architecting a medical claims processing platform, and Senior Software Engineer at Twilio Inc. Joel has held various engineering positions across multiple companies, including notable roles as Lead Engineer at Castlight Health and Principal Engineer DevOps at GoGrid, with proficiency in programming languages such as Python, GoLang, and Perl. Joel Bjerk earned a Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics from San Francisco State University between 2006 and 2008.