Junius Murphy
Senior Software Engineer at PayPal
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolJunius Murphy is a Senior Software Engineer based in Chicago with nine years of experience building web and full‑stack products, now contributing to PayPal's engineering efforts. He progressed from internships and fellowships into coaching and engineering roles, blending hands‑on development with mentorship from his time as a Web Development Coach and Resident Advisor. Junius has a Computer Science degree from the University of Michigan and a track record of shipping projects in startup and corporate settings, including multiple roles at PayPal. He brings pragmatic problem‑solving shaped by early full‑stack Ruby on Rails work and nonprofit leadership guiding grant efforts for K‑12 coding access. Known as a “professional hobbyist,” he pairs curiosity-driven side projects with production-grade engineering discipline. That mix of community-minded leadership and steady product delivery makes him effective at both mentoring teams and moving features to production.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at University of Michigan
English, Spanish
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Github Skills (3)
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
juniusmu/money-hungry
Jul 2018 - Jan 2021
Contributions:23 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 6 months
juniusmu/artist-recommendar
Jun 2018 - Dec 2019
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
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