Alex Moriarty
Senior Software Engineer at Otto by rockwellautomation
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
Summary
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RockstarAlex Moriarty is a Senior Software Engineer with 17 years of hands-on experience based in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, specializing in backend systems and long-lived code maintenance. He contributes to robotics open-source software, notably improving stability and modernizing the ROS navigation stack by fixing tf2-related issues, resolving deprecated APIs, and migrating code to safer shared pointer patterns. Known for methodical bug fixes and refactors, Alex focuses on making complex systems more maintainable and resilient rather than flashy new features. He brings practical expertise in dependency management, compile-time problem solving, and legacy code modernization—skills that help teams keep mission-critical software running. Outside of usual deliverables, he appears to gravitate toward subtle, high-leverage improvements that prevent future technical debt.
17 years of coding experience
Github Skills (9)
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robotics10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
ros10
navigation-drawer10
navigationview10
refactor9
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Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
ros-planning/navigation
May 2018 - Jul 2018
ROS Navigation stack. Code for finding where the robot is and how it can get somewhere else.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 5 PRs, 41 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Alex primarily contributed to bug fixes and code improvements within the ROS navigation stack. Their work included addressing compile errors related to dependency updates, fixing deprecated header warnings, and resolving ambiguous function calls. They also focused on refactoring and updating code to use shared pointers and correct transform handling. Several commits focused on correcting errors related to the `tf2` library, improving the overall stability and maintainability of the navigation software.
navigationstackrosnavigationrobotics
moriarty/my-ros-ws
Feb 2016 - Apr 2018
Contributions:1 PR, 13 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 1 month
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