Douglas Puchalski
Senior Software Engineer at Cisco Meraki
United States
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Top SchoolDouglas Puchalski is a senior software engineer and full‑stack architect with 15 years of experience building and launching production web applications using Ruby on Rails, React.js, and Node.js. He combines hands‑on development with business‑focused design, specializing in workflows, information processing, logistics, and training systems across startups, government, and enterprise contexts. At Cisco Meraki and previous roles he led architecture and delivery while contributing pragmatic DevOps and CI improvements—evident in open‑source work on Travis CI’s Coverity integration and contributions to widely used Rails engines like ComfortableMexicanSofa and RailsAdmin. Comfortable moving between backend internals and advanced front‑end UIs, he’s also served as CTO and co‑founder, bringing operational and product instincts to engineering decisions. Known for shipping stable, secure systems and smoothing integrations, he pairs deep Rails expertise with a knack for making complex business processes simple and auditable.
15 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
BSE, Computer Engineering, BSE, Computer Engineering at University of Michigan
English, Spanish
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Github Skills (24)
ruby-rails10
cms10
bash10
rails10
travis-ci10
cicd10
ruby10
html10
ruby-on-rails10
rubygems9
css9
rest9
emberjs9
activerecord9
javascript7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
travis-ci/travis-build
Jan 2014 - Jul 2015
.travis.yml => build.sh converter
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:13 commits, 1 PR, 2 comments in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Douglas primarily contributed to the Coverity Scan addon within the Travis-CI build system. Their work involved integrating and configuring the Coverity Scan tool, including setting up the build script, authorizing access, and handling quota limitations. The user also implemented changes to control the execution flow of stages based on the build branch and test results, demonstrating experience in build pipeline customization. They also modified and refined environment variables used by the Coverity scan, and updated the addon's logic to improve stability and handle edge cases.
rubytravisymltravis-ciconverter
railsadminteam/rails_admin
Oct 2011 - Aug 2013
RailsAdmin is a Rails engine that provides an easy-to-use interface for managing your data
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Douglas contributed to the RailsAdmin project by implementing features and addressing issues related to data management and user interface elements. Their work involved modifying core functionalities such as association collection scopes and string length validation. The user also updated and added specs for validation-based help text to ensure the application's functionality met the requirements. Additionally, they fixed XSS vulnerabilities.
railsrails-enginerailsadminrubyactivemodel
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