Jerel Unruh
Principal Software Engineer - UI UX at Toyota Connected North America
Plano, Texas, United States
Summary
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RockstarJerel Unruh is a Principal Software Engineer with 15 years of experience building connected-car and web software, currently creating next-generation in-vehicle experiences at Toyota Connected using Flutter and Rust. He blends hands-on engineering with UX sensibility, having served as individual contributor, manager, and team lead across industries from aviation and medical research to music and public safety. An open-source advocate, he has contributed meaningful backend improvements to the Django REST Framework JSON:API adapter, improving pagination and compatibility. Jerel’s background as an independent contractor and founder of small businesses gives him a pragmatic, product-oriented approach to engineering and an appreciation for the human side of software development. He is passionate about data privacy, secure embedded devices, and modern web capabilities like real-time sync and large-file browser uploads. Based in Plano, Texas, he brings both deep technical breadth and an uncommon blend of entrepreneurial and team-focused experience.
15 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (11)
django-rest10
json-api10
django-rest-framework10
python10
pagination10
django10
php6
pyrocms6
codeigniter6
file-upload6
conditional-statements6
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
django-json-api/django-rest-framework-json-api
Jul 2014 - Jun 2017
JSON:API support for Django REST framework
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 releases, 216 commits, 116 PRs in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Jerel primarily contributed to the Django REST Framework JSON API project by adding and modifying features related to pagination. They implemented a pagination serializer for integer page sets and improved pagination handling, which included adding the current page to the meta object. Additionally, they added tests for pagination and addressed issues related to resource naming and key formatting. These changes were focused on improving the compatibility and functionality of the JSON API adapter.
apipythondjango-rest-frameworkdjangorest-framework
jerel/ember-cli-growl
Jul 2014 - Oct 2015
Contributions:18 commits, 5 PRs, 7 pushes in 1 year 2 months
ember-cliember-addongrowlemberjsnotification
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