Jonathan Rochkind
Software Engineer at Science History Institute
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJonathan Rochkind is a software engineer with 19 years of experience building and maintaining backend systems, currently applying his craft at the Science History Institute in Baltimore. He has a strong Ruby/Rails focus and a notable history of open-source contributions to widely used projects like Shrine (file attachments), RSolr (Solr client), Blacklight (Solr discovery), and Solidus (e-commerce), where he fixed bugs, improved integrations, and hardened error handling and security-related escaping. His background includes long tenures at Johns Hopkins and a senior engineering role at Friends of The Web, demonstrating reliability in both academic and commercial environments. Jonathan pairs a BA in Computer Science with a Master’s in Library and Information Science, an uncommon combination that informs practical, data-aware approaches to search and metadata problems. He tends to tackle tricky interoperability and compatibility issues—e.g., S3 metadata handling, StringIO Ruby-version quirks, and Solr LocalParams—making him effective at bridging libraries, services, and legacy systems. Colleagues can expect a pragmatic engineer who improves robustness and maintainability in production codebases.
18 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Library and Information Science, Master’s Degree, Library and Information Science at University of WashingtonBA, Computer Science, BA, Computer Science at Oberlin College
Github Skills (33)
ruby-rails10
faraday10
back-end-development10
ecommerce10
testing10
rails10
metadata10
solr10
ruby10
amazon-s310
file-upload10
commerce10
attachment10
aws-s310
error-handling10
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
projectblacklight/blacklight
Jun 2010 - Nov 2022
Blacklight provides a discovery interface for any Solr (http://lucene.apache.org/solr) index.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:4 releases, 85 reviews, 402 commits in 12 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Jonathan primarily focused on improving the OpenSearch functionality by modifying the XML and Atom feed templates. They also implemented Solr LocalParams to generate dynamic query parameters, incorporating changes to the `solr_param_quote` method to properly escape quotes and prevent security vulnerabilities. In addition, the user added features related to the search field configuration by adding more functionalities with new configuration keys. They also implemented a more robust test for the SolrHelper by adding functionality with the SolrLocalParams config.
solrindexrails-enginerubyapache
shrinerb/shrine
Sep 2018 - Feb 2022
File Attachment toolkit for Ruby applications
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 22 commits, 29 PRs in 3 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Jonathan primarily contributed to the Shrine file attachment toolkit for Ruby applications by fixing bugs, adding features, and improving the existing codebase. They addressed issues in the `infer_extension` and `add_metadata` plugins, enhancing functionality and usability. Furthermore, the user improved the S3 integration by modifying the copy operation to correctly apply tags and metadata. The user's work also involved refactoring the attacher methods and addressing Ruby version compatibility issues related to StringIO.
file-attachmentfile-uploadattachmentdirect-uploadorigami
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