Leonard Richardson
Senior Software Developer at Bookshop.org
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLeonard Richardson is a senior software developer in New York with 14 years of professional experience and a deep focus on server-side architecture, web services, and e-reading systems. He architects and builds production-grade systems—most recently leading architecture for a commercial ebook reader at Bookshop.org and previously delivering library-scale ebook platforms at NYPL. A prolific open-source maintainer, he created and continues to maintain Beautiful Soup, one of the most widely used Python packages, and he’s also the author of several influential O’Reilly books on REST and Ruby. Comfortable consulting with startups on API and e-reading architecture, he pairs practical problem-solving and teaching with strong writing skills to make complex systems accessible. Notably, his career blends product-focused engineering with long-term stewardship of tools and documentation that thousands of developers rely on.
14 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, Los Angeles
Github Skills (115)
python10
wrangler10
data-model10
text-generation10
stub10
stubs9
pandas9
static-analysis9
geographic9
android-client9
mypy9
dataframes9
telegram-bot9
programming-language9
textbook9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
NYPL-Simplified/circulation-docker
Jun 2016 - Sep 2020
Dockerfiles and supporting files for NYPL-Simplified/circulation docker images
Contributions:70 commits, 57 PRs, 45 pushes in 4 years 3 months
cdrdocker-imagedockersimplifieddocker-images
leonardr/olipy
May 2013 - Dec 2019
Python library for artistic text generation
Contributions:184 commits, 2 PRs, 44 pushes in 6 years 8 months
python-libraryartisticpythontext-generation
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