Bruce Mclean
Volunteer For Developer For TranslationCore
Grand Rapids Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBruce Mclean is a seasoned software engineer with 10+ years of experience building cross-platform and cloud-native solutions, currently volunteering on the unfoldingWord translationCore project to support global translation collaboration. He brings deep expertise across mobile (Android/Java), desktop (Electron/React/Redux), and serverless AWS Lambda/Python work, reflecting a pragmatic full-stack skill set. Previously he led research-driven development at Lexmark—shipping mobile SDKs, image capture systems, and CI tooling—and began his career in embedded and test systems at Texas Instruments and Raytheon. Bruce combines production-grade engineering with open-source contributions to tools that directly enable field translators, an uncommon mix of enterprise R&D and mission-driven volunteer work. Based in Grand Rapids, he pairs an Electrical Engineering background with hands-on implementation across languages and platforms, often tackling hard integration problems between on-device processing and cloud services.
10 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering (Computer Engineering Option), Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering (Computer Engineering Option) at Montana State University-Bozeman
Github Skills (117)
minecraft10
parser10
react-redux10
scripture-open-components10
javascript10
desktop-application10
react-component10
utm10
translator10
translation10
netlify10
jailbreak10
translate10
nextjs10
redux10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
PhotoNomad0/tc-source-content-updater
Dec 2021 - Oct 2023
Module that updates source content for the desktop application translationCore.
Contributions:17 PRs, 17 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 10 months
desktop-applicationtranslationtranslationcoreupdatesdesktop
unfoldingWord/translationWords
Nov 2017 - Feb 2025
A tool to comprehensively check the meaning of all key terms in the Bible using a set of clear, concise definitions and including suggestions for translation.
Contributions:1 release, 1 review, 126 PRs in 7 years 4 months
biblesuggestionsmeaningtranslationdefinitions
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