Hi! My name is Joe Whelpley.

I am a 4th year Computer Science Student at the University of Notre Dame with a minor in Business.

I have a passion for Full-stack development, and AI/ML research.

Beyond coding, I teach and discuss Philosophy, sing in a choir, love ultimate frisbee, and lead the martial arts club at ND.

Skills and Experience

Software Engineer Intern
MyTickets | May 2025 – Present
• Built and shipped 20+ production features including Stripe checkout, fraud detection, and advanced search filters, reducing checkout abandonment by 25%.
• Refactored filtering with parallelized API requests and caching, cutting API calls by 60% and load times by 40%.
• Resolved 15+ critical payment/webhook bugs, improving reliability by 85%. Worked in an Agile full-stack environment (React, Node.js, REST APIs, PostgreSQL).

Eye-Tracking AI Researcher
University of Notre Dame | Jan 2025 – Present
• Developed a Python-based ML pipeline for webcam eye-tracking data.
• Authored reusable data-cleaning utilities adopted by other researchers.

Languages: Python, JavaScript, C, HTML, CSS, Java, React

Frameworks & Tools: Django, Node.js, REST APIs, Linux, Git

Other: AI/ML (PyTorch, scikit-learn), Excel, Shell, SolidWorks

University of Notre Dame
B.S. Computer Science, Minor in Business (ECP) | May 2026

Dublin City University
Fall Study Abroad | Sept – Dec 2024

Martial Arts President
NDMAI Club | April 2025 – Present
• Managed operations, budgets, and events; lead 4 weekly training sessions for 15+ members promoting discipline, focus, and teamwork.

Choir Service Commissioner
Notre Dame Glee Club | May 2023 – May 2024
• Organized, planned, and led multiple service outreach concerts for retirement homes and youth development programs.

Highlights:

  • Software Engineer Intern at MyTickets startup
  • Proficient in Python, JS, C, HTML+CSS, React, and Linux
  • Developed eye-tracking AI models from the ground up.
  • Tutor in coding, math, and 3D modeling
  • Notre Dame Philosophy Instructor
  • President of the Martial Arts Club

My Projects

Below are a selection of my personal projects which can all be found on my github: https://github.com/JoeWhelps

Campus Mart

Created a student marketplace web application that lets sellers post listings and connect with buyers in that campus community.

Workout Analysis App

Built a workout analysis app that connects to a SQL/NoSQL hybrid database to analyze three years of my workouts that I cleaned into about 10,000 lines of JSON data. The app also extracts and stores youtube workout videos.

Contact Me

If you would like to connect, my email is: joewhelpley@gmail.com or you can mail me a form below and I will respond in a timely manner.

Thanks, and I look forward to hearing from you.