Josh Mcvey
Lead Developer And Build & Release Manager at Opentrons Labworks Inc.
Lawrence, Kansas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJosh Mcvey is a pragmatic software leader with 14 years of experience specializing in test automation, CI/CD, and build & release management for robotics and cloud platforms. As Lead Developer and Build & Release Manager at Opentrons he drives faster, higher-quality releases across two robot OSes and their Protocol Library web platform while owning cloud infrastructure, observability, and GitHub Actions automation. He combines hands-on SDET skills with team leadership—having led teams of up to 10 in continuous testing and guided cross-functional delivery at Rackspace and TEKsystems. Josh’s background spans Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, and a variety of test frameworks and CI/CD tooling, enabling him to architect resilient pipelines and monitoring with Datadog. He brings a people-first approach inspired by his GitHub bio—solving problems with compassion and vulnerability—which helps him translate technical complexity into reliable, user-focused releases. Based in Lawrence, Kansas, he quietly balances deep technical craftsmanship with a long record of improving release velocity and operational excellence.
15 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
BS Physical Sciences, BS Physical Sciences at Kansas State University
Github Skills (51)
biology10
robotics10
protocols10
science10
android-application9
playwright-test8
vscode-extension8
buildroot8
android7
test-reporting7
openembedded6
vscode6
homebrew6
automation6
ruby6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
y3rsh/opentrons
Aug 2021 - Feb 2026
Software for writing protocols and running them on the Opentrons OT-2
Contributions:1 PR, 68 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 7 months
opentronsot-2protocols
Opentrons/opentrons-python-packages
Oct 2022 - Apr 2025
A repository hosting prebuilds of Python packages suitable for installing on an Opentrons robot.
Contributions:2 reviews, 2 PRs, 36 pushes in 2 years 6 months
python
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