Jorge Manrubia
Principal Programmer at 37signals
Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
Summary
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Top SchoolJorge Manrubia is a Principal Programmer with 15 years of experience building reliable, security-focused web platforms and product-facing systems at 37signals. He has progressed through senior and lead roles driving security, infrastructure, and performance work, and previously co-founded and developed products at zendone and Bandzoogle. As an active contributor to the Ruby on Rails project, he has improved core features like deterministic encryption, uniqueness validations, and test configuration flexibility—work that impacts a widely used open-source framework. Based in Oviedo, Spain, he combines MSc training in software engineering with hands-on expertise in backend systems and pragmatic product engineering. Notably, his background spans both government and startup environments, giving him a practiced balance of rigorous process and fast-moving delivery.
15 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
MSC in Software Engineering, MSC in Software Engineering at Universidad de Oviedo
English, Spanish
Stackoverflow
1,935reputation
261kreached
18answers
1question
xunit
top-5%
Github Skills (19)
application-framework10
ruby-rails10
testing10
app-framework10
rails10
ruby10
activerecord10
web-framework10
encryption10
unit-testing9
xunit9
sql8
integration-testing6
ruby-on-rails6
assert6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
rails/rails
Jan 2020 - Dec 2022
Ruby on Rails
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:168 reviews, 103 commits, 45 PRs in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Jorge primarily contributed to the Ruby on Rails framework, focusing on testing and encryption features. Their work involved enhancing test configurations, making them more flexible with environment variables. They also implemented and refined features related to deterministic encryption and uniqueness validations within the Active Record component, including fixes and improvements to existing functionalities. The commits demonstrate a strong focus on maintaining and improving the framework's core functionalities.
ruby-on-railsrailsframeworkrubymvc
hotwired/spark
Dec 2024 - Jan 2025
Hot reloading for Hotwire
Contributions:10 releases, 33 reviews, 49 PRs in 1 month
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