Jesse Doyle
Staff Software Engineer at Jobber
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolJesse Doyle is a Staff Software Engineer based in Edmonton with 12 years of experience building reliable web and backend systems, currently driving engineering at Jobber. A Ruby enthusiast by trade, he contributes to notable open-source projects such as prawn (a fast PDF writer) where he improved text layout and annotations, and enhanced frontend integrations for jQuery DataTables to better support Foundation. He blends backend craftsmanship with practical front-end sensibilities, comfortable moving between PDF rendering internals and responsive UI tweaks. Jesse holds a B.Sc. in Computing Science from the University of Alberta and is known for pragmatic bug fixes and specification improvements that quietly raise product quality.
12 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computing Science, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computing Science at University of Alberta
Github Skills (12)
praw10
pdf-generation10
prawn10
rspec10
javascript10
jquery10
foundation10
ruby10
api-design9
css9
rails5
ruby-rails5
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
prawnpdf/prawn
Oct 2014 - Oct 2015
Fast, Nimble PDF Writer for Ruby
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 3 PRs, 2 pushes in 1 year
Contributions summary:Jesse contributed to the `prawnpdf/prawn` repository by fixing bugs and improving specifications. The commits focused on implementing the `:valign` option for the `Text::Formatted::Box` class, modifying specifications for testing and removing the final gap option. Further commits included delegating `on_page_create` method to the renderer and fixing links and annotations within stamps.
pdfrubypdf-generatorprawn
rweng/jquery-datatables-rails
Jan 2014 - Mar 2014
jquery-datatables gem for rails
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits in 1 month
Contributions summary:Jesse primarily focused on improving the front-end compatibility and styling of the jQuery Datatables gem, specifically integrating with the Foundation framework. Their contributions included changing references from Bootstrap to Foundation, fixing a typo, and adjusting the layout for responsiveness. Furthermore, they tweaked table options and language settings to improve the user experience, enhancing the table's display within the Foundation framework.
jquery-datatablesrails
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