Joel Christiansen

Senior Software Engineer at Unreasonable

Joel has been on the Unreasonable Team since 2022. Joel has participated in 5 programs, including Unreasonable Impact UK & Europe 2025, and has advised over 83 Unreasonable companies.

I'm a software engineer on the Unreasonable team. I build and maintain Unreasonable’s community web app (unreasonable.eco) and work on internal software, data, and design projects in service to our team and community. My professional calling is uniting humans to solve compelling issues in beautiful ways.

Immediately before joining Unreasonable, I worked as a software engineer for Legalpad.io, a Seattle-based Series A immigration technology startup that was acquired by Deel in 2022. Before that, I was was a lawyer based in Portland, Oregon, where I focused on business immigration (O-1, EB, NIW) and advocated for labor-aligned causes in judicial, administrative, and legislative contexts.

I live in Bellingham, Washington with my partner and two dogs, Gus and Namgil. My interests outside of work include urban bicycle infrastructure, Japanese poetry, and being deep in nature.