Justin Pombrio
PhD Student at Brown University
Manchester, Connecticut, United States
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Top SchoolJustin Pombrio is a PhD student and seasoned software engineer with 13 years of experience blending research and production engineering. Based in Manchester, Connecticut, he has production experience at KAYAK and early-career roles in data analysis and clickfraud detection, and has been pursuing advanced research at Brown University since 2012. Justin contributes to notable open-source projects like Pyret, where he implemented core parsing functionality and added a Set data type, demonstrating attention to language design and robust backend systems. His background combines formal CS training from Worcester Polytechnic Institute with practical engineering across internships and industry roles, making him comfortable across data, systems, and parsing challenges. Colleagues would describe him as a detail-oriented engineer who bridges research rigor with pragmatic shipping.
13 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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Github Skills (7)
language-design10
pyret10
text-parsing9
data-structure9
parsing9
data-structures9
testing8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
brownplt/pyret-lang
Sep 2013 - Aug 2018
The Pyret language.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:136 commits, 1 PR, 55 pushes in 5 years
Contributions summary:Justin implemented the `read-sexpr` function, adding a core feature for parsing strings into a nested list representation. Further commits refined this function by allowing digits in identifiers, signs and decimals in numbers, and modifying how strings are handled. The user also worked on adding a 'Set' data type and associated methods to the project.
compilerpyretprogramming-language
brownplt/judgmental-resugaring
Nov 2016 - Apr 2018
Contributions:1 release, 87 commits, 57 pushes in 1 year 5 months
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