Gabe Schenz
Software Engineering Manager at RB Global Inc.
Forest Lake, Minnesota, United States
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Top SchoolGabe Schenz is a pragmatic software engineering manager with 12 years of experience building and operating data platforms and distributed systems for companies like Target, Chewy, and RB Global. He blends hands-on engineering—designing data architectures, Airflow orchestration, and Spring/Kotlin services—with a systems-thinking approach that prioritizes simplicity and observable, operable solutions. Gabe has led teams across marketing, CRM, and audience segmentation domains, improving release velocity and reducing operational overhead through pragmatic tooling and thoughtful tradeoffs. He prefers avoiding accidental complexity, champions YAGNI, and focuses on running systems effectively so they deliver real business value. Based in Forest Lake, MN, he pairs technical depth with a clear human-centered ethic—he enjoys using AI as a tool but emphasizes care, collaboration, and learning with decent people.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
B.A. Computer Science, B.A. Computer Science at University of MinnesotaM.S. Information Technology, M.S. Information Technology at Capella UniversityMounds Park Academy
English, sql
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (36)
apache-airflow10
data-pipelines10
monitor10
python10
data-science10
data-engineering10
machine-learning10
workflow-engine10
apache10
scheduler10
etl10
automation10
dag10
mlops10
airflow10
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
gabeschenz/dotfiles
Sep 2015 - Mar 2025
Contributions:10 pushes, 3 branches in 9 years 7 months
gabeschenz/sqlparse
Apr 2018 - Aug 2022
A non-validating SQL parser module for Python
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 5 months
sql-parserpythonsql-databasesqlparsing
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