Connor Shea
Lead Software Engineer at DebtBook
Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolConnor Shea is a lead software engineer with 11 years of experience specializing in Ruby on Rails backend systems and pragmatic front-end skills in TypeScript, HTML, and CSS. He has led cross-functional teams at SonderMind and DebtBook, shaping release processes, automating tedious workflows, and delivering complex scheduling and portal features while quietly paying down technical debt. Connor contributes to notable open-source Ruby projects—improving docs, CI automation, and type-signature tooling—which reflects a habit of making developer experience better as much as shipping features. Based in Colorado, he blends hands-on coding (including occasional Rust) with operational rigor and a knack for finding low-friction engineering wins that save teams hours each week.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree (Incomplete) Human Computer Interaction (Computer Science), Bachelor’s Degree (Incomplete) Human Computer Interaction (Computer Science) at Colorado State UniversityHigh School Degree, High School Degree at Thunder Ridge High School
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (49)
type-check10
rubygems10
testing10
faker10
software-quality10
wpgraphql10
ruby10
automation10
php10
wordpress-graphql10
graphql10
automated-tests10
graphql-ruby10
automations10
type-checking10
Programming languages (30)
Github contributions (5)
faker-ruby/faker
May 2019 - May 2022
A library for generating fake data such as names, addresses, and phone numbers.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Technical Writer
Back-end Developer & Technical WriterContributions:10 reviews, 54 commits, 39 PRs in 3 years
Contributions summary:Connor primarily contributed to the `faker-ruby/faker` repository by adding new features and improving documentation. Their work included implementing generators for game-related data, such as titles, genres, and platforms, as well as updating the HTTPS URLs for the Lorem Flickr generator. Furthermore, they significantly enhanced the project's documentation by adding YARD docs for various classes, including Faker::Time, Faker::Date, and Faker::Number, thereby improving the project's maintainability and usability.
phonetestingrubyaddressesphone-numbers
salesagility/SuiteCRM
Dec 2018 - May 2020
SuiteCRM - Open source CRM for the world
Role in this project:Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:200 commits, 180 PRs, 633 comments in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Connor primarily contributed to improving the codebase by fixing bugs related to incorrect statements, test names, and global variable usage, enhancing code quality and maintainability. They also refactored the codebase by replacing global variables, showing an understanding of better coding practices. In addition, the user removed unused dependencies and automated testing configurations, demonstrating a focus on streamlining the development process and removing unnecessary complexity.
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