Bryan Ross
Software Engineer at docker
Denver, Colorado, United States
Summary
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RockstarBryan Ross is a seasoned software engineer with 15 years of experience building scalable systems across front-end and back-end stacks, and is based in Denver, Colorado. His career includes roles at Meta (React SSR), Reddit (Staff Engineer), Ubiquiti Networks (UniFi Network Lead), and Stack Overflow, reflecting deep experience in both consumer-scale and infrastructure products. He’s an active open-source contributor who has improved critical libraries like MobX (modernizing builds and TypeScript/ESM support) and tedious (hardening SQL Server connectivity with better type handling and retry logic). Bryan blends pragmatic engineering with cross-platform compatibility work—ensuring Windows, Node, and bundler ecosystems behave predictably in production. He’s comfortable shipping low-level database fixes as well as shaping front-end rendering infrastructure, and prefers tackling interoperability and build-process challenges that often go unnoticed.
15 years of coding experience
Stackoverflow
58,129reputation
4.6mreached
417answers
14questions
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django-models
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redux
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setstate
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Github Skills (47)
javascript10
coffeescript10
database-connection10
mobx10
django10
tds10
typescript10
webpack10
django-models10
sql-server10
esmodules10
webpacker10
angularjs10
build-automation10
typescript-types10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
tediousjs/tedious
Jun 2014 - Apr 2018
Node TDS module for connecting to SQL Server databases.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:53 commits, 4 PRs, 13 pushes in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Bryan primarily contributed to the `tediousjs/tedious` repository by addressing issues related to data types and connection management in the context of connecting to SQL Server databases. They made modifications to handle decimal values correctly, added features for setting connection isolation levels and read-only intent. The user also improved the code base by implementing connection retry mechanisms to handle transient errors, and addressed the build and test environments to ensure Windows compatibility.
sqlserversql-servertdsjavascriptsql
mobxjs/mobx
May 2017 - Jul 2017
Simple, scalable state management.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:16 commits, 7 PRs, 43 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Bryan primarily focused on improving the build process and code structure of the MobX library. They migrated the build system from a custom solution to RollupJS and addressed compatibility issues with TypeScript and ES modules. Key changes included fixing TypeScript compilation errors, adding an ES module build for tree-shaking support, and modifying the build process to enhance efficiency and maintainability. They also updated the codebase to improve its compatibility with older Node.js versions and corrected issues related to Webpack builds.
scalablereactstate-managementmobxjavascript
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