Kyle Shipley
Co-Founder at Excellent Rubber Duck, LLC
Fishers, Indiana, United States
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Top SchoolKyle Shipley is a Principal Software Engineer with 13 years of experience building and scaling product-focused engineering teams and systems, currently based in Fishers, Indiana. He has led growth from single-digit to ~30 engineers at Brightline while shepherding a productive Rails monolith that powers member-facing platforms, scheduling systems, and mission-critical integrations. A pragmatic full-stack developer, he blends Ruby on Rails, Hotwire, React, PostgreSQL, Sidekiq, and domain-driven design to deliver reliable workflows for thousands of users. Beyond engineering, he co-founds and ships small product experiments—everything from indie games at Mostly Bits to a bootstrapped service at Hutch—bringing an operator’s mindset to product discovery and delivery. Known as an “excellent rubber duck,” he emphasizes clear process, empowered teams, and iterative member research to turn prototypes into scalable features.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Non-degree Physics, Non-degree Physics at Indiana University IndianapolisPark Tudor SchoolB.A. Computer Science Mathematics, B.A. Computer Science Mathematics at DePauw University
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Github Skills (140)
bash10
marker10
google-map10
multiple-languages10
backbone10
validation10
codesandbox10
powershell10
shell10
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ruby-wrapper10
erlang10
elixir10
preact10
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Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
mostlybits/playdate-unlicensed-paddle-game-tutorial
May 2022 - May 2022
A tutorial that shows you how to make a Pong clone on the Playdate
Contributions:7 reviews, 43 commits, 5 PRs in 14 days
playdatereactpongpong-clonetypescript
shipstar/blog.kyleshipley.com
Jul 2015 - Feb 2020
Contributions:12 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 7 months
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