Jeremy Rifkin
Dev Team Member at Compiler Explorer
United States
Summary
🤩
Rockstar🎓
Top SchoolJeremy Rifkin is a Dev Team Member and Purdue University computer science student with seven years of hands-on experience building C++ systems, compilers, and high-performance computing tooling. He contributes to high-profile open-source package ecosystems such as microsoft/vcpkg and conan-center-index, where he has patched, ported, and integrated libraries like libdwarf and cpptrace to ensure cross-platform build and dependency compatibility. His internships and research roles span national labs, aerospace, government research, and finance, giving him practical exposure to HPC systems, risk modeling, and production-grade software engineering. Comfortable navigating build systems, CMake, and low-level toolchains, Jeremy blends systems-level rigor with a policy-minded perspective from his political science minor. He currently develops for Compiler Explorer, pairing deep compiler knowledge with a track record of making fragile C++ builds reproducible and portable.
6 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, minor in Political Science, Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, minor in Political Science at Purdue UniversityHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Albuquerque Academy
Github Skills (14)
vcpkg10
cpp-library10
c-language10
cmake10
lib10
cprogramming-language10
package-management10
conan10
recipe9
dependency-analysis9
dependency-manager9
dependency-management9
c117
c177
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
conan-io/conan-center-index
May 2023 - Feb 2025
Recipes for the ConanCenter repository
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:21 reviews, 48 PRs, 75 comments in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Jeremy contributed to the development of Conan Center Index recipes, focusing on the integration and build processes of various C++ libraries. Their work included adding recipes for libraries such as `libdwarf`, `cpptrace`, and `libassert`. The user was responsible for modifying build scripts, integrating dependencies, and patching code to ensure successful compilation and linking within the Conan package manager. The user also addressed issues related to build configurations and compiler compatibility.
dependenciescpprecipespackage-managerconan-recipe
microsoft/vcpkg
Jul 2023 - Feb 2025
C++ Library Manager for Windows, Linux, and MacOS
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:20 reviews, 37 PRs, 66 comments in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Jeremy primarily contributed to the implementation of the `libdwarf` and `cpptrace` libraries, likely as part of a package management system. Their work involved creating ports, integrating dependencies (like zlib and zstd), and patching the code to ensure compatibility within the vcpkg environment. The user was heavily involved in iteratively refining these ports, addressing build issues, and resolving conflicts to enable successful integration. This includes tasks like dependency specifications, build configurations and CMake integration, and patching source code.
c-plus-plussetuptoolspackage-managermacoscplusplus
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.