Greg Lazarev
Senior Manager, Software Development at HoundCI
Bradenton, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolGreg Lazarev is a senior software development leader with 13 years of hands-on engineering and management experience, currently leading teams at Autodesk and co-founding HoundCI. He blends a pragmatic emphasis on clean, well-tested code with experience scaling products from startup-grade Rails apps to enterprise delivery. A former director and senior developer at thoughtbot, he coached high-performing teams, drove client engagement, and maintained rigorous engineering standards. Greg is an active open-source contributor in notable Ruby/Rails projects—improving thoughtbot’s suspenders and clearance templates and enhancing tooling like vim-rspec—which reflects his focus on developer ergonomics and testability. Based in Bradenton, Florida, he pairs product-minded engineering with people leadership, often surfacing small workflow improvements (like faster test iterations and clearer test infrastructure) that accelerate teams.
13 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
B.A., Computer Science, B.A., Computer Science at Fort Lewis College
English, Russian, Ukrainian
Stackoverflow
13,431reputation
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69answers
19questions
ruby
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capybara
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rspec
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ruby-on-rails
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Github Skills (31)
unit-testing10
ruby-rails10
back-end-development10
testing10
plugin-development10
rspec10
rails10
templater10
template-engine10
capybara10
code-review10
ruby10
vim10
clearance10
template-tags10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
houndci/hound
Jan 2013 - Oct 2021
Automated code review for GitHub pull requests.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:9 reviews, 386 commits, 611 PRs in 8 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Greg implemented new features and functionality related to user management and code review, primarily within a Rails application. Contributions included adding user interface components with CSS and HTML, and backend logic with model and controller adjustments. Furthermore, the user demonstrated proficiency in setting up testing environments and writing tests using RSpec.
reacthoundrailsjavascriptautomated-code-review
thoughtbot/vim-rspec
Apr 2013 - May 2015
Run Rspec specs from Vim
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:16 commits, 13 PRs, 14 pushes in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Greg primarily focused on enhancing the functionality and testability of the `vim-rspec` plugin. They implemented features to improve the user experience, such as clearing the terminal screen before running tests and adding support for running tests in GUI vim. They also refactored the plugin, improving code quality and maintainability by using local functions and better variable names. Furthermore, the user introduced unit tests, demonstrating a commitment to code quality and robustness.
vimvim-pluginspecsrspecneovim
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