George Babey
VP Of Engineering at Code.org
Greater Boston United States
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Top SchoolGeorge Babey is a seasoned engineering leader with 11+ years of experience scaling product-focused teams and delivering mission-driven platforms, currently serving as VP of Engineering in the Greater Boston area. He has led engineering organizations at edX and Code.org, driving business growth through new product delivery, platform reliability, and strategic technical direction for enterprise and education markets. A hands-on ex-developer, George has contributed to the Open edX codebase and deployment tooling—improving analytics integration, localization, and e-commerce flows—bringing practical DevOps and backend expertise to leadership decisions. He helped found the Open edX Technical Oversight Committee, reflecting a commitment to open-source governance and impact at global scale. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic builder who balances customer-focused product outcomes with thoughtful engineering trade-offs.
11 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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Github Skills (38)
docker10
data-service10
python10
apidoc10
back-end-development10
django10
dockers10
webservice10
cicd10
automation10
infrastructure10
api10
yaml10
ansible10
edx10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
openedx-unsupported/ecommerce
Mar 2018 - Oct 2020
(Deprecated) Service for managing edX's product catalog and handling orders for those products
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 22 commits, 75 PRs in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:George primarily worked on enhancing the e-commerce backend functionality, focusing on areas such as the basket page, voucher applications, and enterprise coupon features. Their contributions involved modifying existing code and adding new features like asynchronous updates and search functionality for coupons. They also addressed bug fixes, specifically related to voucher applications with course enrollment conditions and updated the code to be case insensitive. The commits also indicate an effort to refactor and maintain the codebase by reverting changes and refactoring the code.
djangoedxproduct-catalogbackend-servicehandling
openedx-unsupported/configuration
Mar 2018 - Aug 2020
A collection of edx configuration scripts and utilities that edx.org uses to deploy openedx.
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:27 commits, 23 PRs, 57 pushes in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:George primarily focused on enhancing the deployment and configuration aspects of the openedx platform. Their contributions involved modifying Ansible playbooks and scripts, particularly to integrate and configure the analytics API. They addressed CORS issues, improved Jenkins integration, and refactored various configuration files. Their work centered on the automation and streamlined deployment process.
pythonconfiguration-managementansibleedxconfiguration-scripts
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