Rizel Scarlett
Principal Developer Advocate
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolRizel Scarlett is Tech Lead of Open Source Developer Relations at Block with seven years of experience shaping developer experiences and technical storytelling for goose, an open source AI agent. She was an early GitHub Copilot advocate and developer advocate who has presented in high-profile keynotes and consistently pairs hands-on engineering with docs, sample apps, workshops, and community-facing programs to drive adoption. Rizel’s career blends product engineering (React, Node, serverless) with nonprofit leadership—she helped build curriculum and growth programs at G{Code} House to expand pathways for women and non-binary people of color. Based in Boston and “coding for fun,” she brings the empathy of a new mom and the discipline of a former clinical lab assistant to make AI more human, joyful, and accessible.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Berea SDA AcademyAssociate’s Degree, Computer and Information Systems, Associate’s Degree, Computer and Information Systems at Bunker Hill CCPsychology, Psychology at Oakwood UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Boston UniversityCertificate, Phlebotomy Technician/Phlebotomist, Certificate, Phlebotomy Technician/Phlebotomist at Roxbury Community CollegeHigh School, High School at Greater Boston AcademyBoston Latin School
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Github Skills (102)
javascript10
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githubactions9
sdk9
creative-commons9
assign9
decentralized-identity9
documentation9
github-search8
chatgpt8
algorand8
vitejs8
dht8
excel7
python7
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
maintainers/invite-automation
Nov 2021 - May 2023
Instructions repo to join the Maintainers Organization
Contributions:28 PRs, 24 pushes, 14 branches in 1 year 6 months
AllInOpenSource/All-In-For-Students-Graduation-2023
Sep 2022 - Mar 2023
Contributions:1 review, 24 commits, 18 PRs in 5 months
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