Boris Staal
Chief Architect at Vanilla
Mexico City
Summary
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Top SchoolBoris Staal is a Chief Architect with over two decades of software engineering and architecture experience, currently shaping a multi-language microservice mesh for a fintech unicorn in Mexico City. He blends hands-on systems work in Rust, Python, TypeScript and Ruby with infrastructure leadership—having led migrations between GCP and AWS using Terraform and designed on-demand environments and private networking for sensitive financial data. Boris has built IoT platforms and low-profile real-time Python firmware for remote fish farms, demonstrating comfort with constrained edge systems as well as high-load cloud services. An active contributor to well-known Ruby and JavaScript tooling, he has a track record of stabilizing fragile systems, automating drifts, and shipping reliable production services. Practical, security-minded, and curious about programming language theory, he combines deep technical craft with product-focused delivery.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
DSc.Comp, Programming language theory, DSc.Comp, Programming language theory at MGAPI
English, Spanish
Github Skills (12)
ruby10
testing10
configuration-management10
ruby-rails10
test-framework10
nodejs10
javascript10
rails10
wsdl10
test-automation10
soap10
api-design9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
inossidabile/wash_out
Feb 2013 - Feb 2017
Dead simple Rails 4/5 SOAP server library
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:134 commits, 44 PRs, 66 pushes in 4 years
Contributions summary:Boris primarily contributed to the `wash_out` Rails SOAP server library, adding Rails 4 compatibility and fixing issues to ensure proper functionality. They addressed bugs, including those related to boolean conversions and nested module names. Moreover, the user made improvements and adjustments related to WSDL generation and routing, ensuring the correct content type for WSDL actions. The user also addressed issues around WSSE authentication and made performance improvements.
railssoapsoap-server
testem/testem
Aug 2013 - Aug 2013
Test'em 'Scripts! A test runner that makes Javascript unit testing fun.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:8 commits in 1 day
Contributions summary:Boris primarily contributed to the test runner's core functionality and configuration management. They implemented features for programmatic access and handling of configuration files, including support for JavaScript-based configurations and URIs in file paths. Moreover, the user refactored hooks to support JavaScript functions, arguments, and an `on_change` hook. This demonstrates a focus on enhancing the test runner's flexibility and usability.
javascripttest-runnerunit-testing
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