Joe Schrag

Hands-on, People-first Engineering Lead finding new efficiency in code, tools, and teams; delivering for customers from small business to Fortune Global 10.

Technical skills from bare metal to cloud native to AI, with a focus in IOT & SaaS Security.

My Approach

A champion of good ideas, even if they are not my own.

An empathetic mentor, striving to show that leaders are humans, not oracles.

Spearheading projects which maximize impact across teams & prioritize high quality work.

A mover with a knack for finding inefficiencies in code, tooling, architecture, & org-wide processes.


"One of the best engineering managers I’ve ever collaborated with."

"Joe has a rare ability to look at problems from multiple angles: engineering, product, customer impact, and long-term strategy."

- Brian Soby, CTO & Co-founder, AppOmni

"I have extremely high respect for Joe and wouldn't bat an eye to work with him again."

- Kyle Piper, Chief Architect, AppOmni

"[Joe is] calm under pressure, grounded in uncertainty, and always brings clarity when things get messy."

- Marina Elmore, Senior Product Manager, Cloudflare

"He quickly identified our team’s most pressing blind spots and developed thoughtful, actionable strategies to address them."

- Hunter Chemelli, Software Engineer, AppOmni