Jose Garcia
Senior Software Engineer at GitKraken
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJose Garcia is a Senior Software Engineer based in Phoenix, Arizona with 11 years of experience focused on developer tooling and backend systems. He has spent the bulk of his career at GitKraken, progressing from Software Engineer to Senior Software Engineer since 2014 and helping ship robust Git-related features. His open-source contributions to nodegit show a practical emphasis on reliability—he’s added tests and convenience methods around rebase scenarios, demonstrating attention to edge cases like fast-forwards and conflict handling. Jose blends deep product knowledge of Git workflows with hands-on engineering, ensuring features work across real-world merge and rebase complexities. He holds a BS in Computer Science (Software Engineering) from Arizona State University and an AS from Phoenix College, grounding his practical experience in formal training. Colleagues would note his steady focus on testing and stability as a distinguishing, behind-the-scenes strength.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Science (AS), Associate of Science (AS) at Phoenix CollegeBachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science (Software Engineering), Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science (Software Engineering) at Arizona State University
Github Skills (8)
libgit2sharp10
git10
javascript10
libgit210
nodejs10
testing10
cprogramming-language9
c-language9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
nodegit/nodegit
May 2015 - May 2016
Native Node bindings to Git.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:51 commits, 21 PRs, 18 pushes in 1 year
Contributions summary:Jose's commits primarily focus on testing the rebase functionality of the nodegit library. Their contributions include writing tests for various rebase scenarios, such as fast-forward rebases, rebasing one branch onto another, and handling merge conflicts during rebasing. They also added convenience methods and fixed lint errors within the testing suite, demonstrating a focus on ensuring the stability and usability of the rebase feature.
electronwindowsjavascriptlibgit2c-plus-plus
Axosoft/glo-vs-code
Jul 2017 - Nov 2022
Glo plugin for VS Code
Contributions:69 commits, 2 PRs, 11 pushes in 5 years 4 months
vscodevscode-extensionvs-codeglo
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