Joel Marcey
Director Of Technology at Rust Foundation
Folsom, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoel Marcey is a seasoned technology leader and Director of Technology at the Rust Foundation with over 13 years of experience building developer tooling, open source programs, and documentation systems. He combines hands-on engineering—contributions span backend, full-stack, and automation work—with advocacy and program leadership cultivated during a long tenure at Facebook where he co-created Docusaurus. His open source footprint includes impactful work on high-profile projects like Flow, React Native, PyTorch’s website, Buck, and Rust’s own site localization, reflecting a rare mix of technical depth and developer experience focus. Joel’s background in technical writing and standards (Microsoft, HHVM, RocksDB) complements his engineering, making him adept at turning complex systems into clear, usable developer products. Based in Folsom, California, he brings institutional experience from Intel and Microsoft and a practical engineering pedigree rooted in computer engineering. An understated but telling strength is his consistent focus on documentation and tooling—often the invisible infrastructure that makes large open source ecosystems healthy and scalable.
12 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University
English
Stackoverflow
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15answers
4questions
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Github Skills (76)
website-development10
python10
web-development10
fluentd10
website-design10
markdown10
javascript10
type-check10
algolia10
async10
internationalization10
localization10
front-end-development10
html10
rust10
Programming languages (35)
Github contributions (5)
hhvm/user-documentation
Jul 2015 - Jul 2017
Documentation for those that use HHVM and write Hack code.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:854 commits, 54 PRs, 829 pushes in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Joel primarily contributed to the documentation of the HHVM (HipHop Virtual Machine) project, focusing on its features and usage. They added new documentation pages and examples related to asynchronous programming concepts, including asynchronous curl requests, wait handles, and other asynchronous features. Furthermore, the user expanded the documentation with examples involving MySQL and McRouter. They also added examples for testing and explained how to use the various documentation files correctly.
hhvm
facebook/docusaurus
Jul 2017 - Jan 2021
Easy to maintain open source documentation websites.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:19 releases, 16 reviews, 295 commits in 3 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Joel primarily contributed to the frontend and configuration aspects of the Docusaurus project. They implemented features like custom domain support, integrated Algolia search, and added various visual elements and content to the landing page. Furthermore, the user worked on accessibility improvements and updated the site configuration to include new features and user showcases. Their work demonstrates a focus on enhancing the user experience and functionality of the documentation website.
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