Evan Marsland
Software Engineer at Google
Kingston, Ontario, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEvan Marsland is a software engineer with 11 years of experience building scalable web and commerce systems, currently at Google after roles at Square and Weebly. He specializes in JavaScript (React, Vue.js, TypeScript, Node.js) and Ruby on Rails, and has a track record of shipping full-stack products from startup prototypes to production integrations. Evan founded Docdown, a Rails-based content platform serving hundreds of customers, and has led engineering efforts that spanned media servers, chat systems, and mobile clients. An active contributor to open-source tooling, he’s improved core automation in the well-known Nightmare browser automation library by adding PDF buffer support and key bug fixes. Based in Kingston, Ontario, he blends entrepreneurial initiative with large-scale engineering experience and a knack for pragmatic infrastructure and UX improvements.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Computer Engineering at Queen's University
English
Github Skills (7)
javascript10
electron10
browser-automation10
testing9
headless-browser8
chromeless8
chrome8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
segment-boneyard/nightmare
Jan 2016 - Jan 2016
A high-level browser automation library.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:8 commits, 7 PRs, 5 comments in 11 days
Contributions summary:Evan made several significant contributions to the `nightmare` library, focusing on enhancing its core functionality. They added features like clearing cookies and returning a buffer from a PDF generation. Furthermore, they addressed bug fixes related to wait times and made improvements related to the `uncheck` functionality and fullscreen switching. These changes demonstrate a focus on improving the library's automation capabilities and user experience.
library-automationbrowserelectronphantomjsjavascript
emars/BeerStoreApp
Oct 2014 - Jan 2016
Contributions:9 commits, 8 pushes in 1 year 3 months
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