Justin Van Dort
Senior Software Engineer at Gradle Inc.
New Jersey, United States
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Top SchoolJustin Van Dort is a Senior Software Engineer with a decade of experience focused on performance, maintainability, and reliable build systems. Based in New Jersey, he is a core contributor on the Gradle Build Tool JVM team, where his backend and automation work improves smoke tests, dependency management, and error reporting for the widely used gradle/gradle project. He combines systems-level thinking from a Computer Engineering background with hands-on expertise in build automation to reduce flakiness and speed developer feedback loops. Previously at Argon ST (Boeing), he applied rigorous engineering practices in complex, high-assurance environments. Known for pragmatic improvements that surface behind the scenes, he prefers durable, testable changes that benefit large developer ecosystems.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering at University of Maryland
English
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Github Skills (7)
dependency-management10
javas10
gradlew10
build-automation10
java10
test-automation10
gradle10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
gradle/gradle
Apr 2022 - Jan 2023
Adaptable, fast automation for all
Role in this project:
Backend Developer & Automation Engineer
Backend Developer & Automation EngineerContributions:2 releases, 1914 reviews, 247 commits in 9 months
Contributions summary:Justin's commits primarily focus on enhancing the Gradle build system, particularly smoke tests and dependency management. They've added support for test assertions, fixed an issue with artifact selection, and ensured proper reporting of errors. Their work demonstrates expertise in improving the reliability and efficiency of the build process, contributing to the project's core functionality.
pythongradlegroovyautomationjava
jtvd78/TES2DO
Feb 2016 - Apr 2016
Contributions:1 PR, 62 pushes, 4 branches in 2 months
pythonschedulingregistrationumdimproving
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