Marco Costa
Open Source Software Engineer at Datadog
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolMarco Costa is an Open Source Software Engineer with 14 years of experience, currently focused on remote roles that support open source initiatives. Based in Victoria, BC, he contributes to high-profile projects like Datadog's Ruby APM tracer and has improved performance-sensitive back-end systems such as trace payload chunking. His background spans Ruby, Java, Scala, and C, with hands-on work in big data, distributed systems, and game-engine weather effects for OpenRCT2. At Wealthsimple and Datadog he balanced product engineering with open-source stewardship, and earlier roles ranged from network security tooling to real-time ad platforms. He has a track record of improving test quality and reducing false positives in tools like RuboCop, demonstrating attention to developer experience. Pragmatic and detail-oriented, he combines systems-level thinking with a long-standing commitment to community-driven software.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc., Computer Science, B.Sc., Computer Science at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
English, Portuguese, French
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Github Skills (30)
rubocop10
static-code-analysis10
c-language10
develop10
gameplay10
testing10
rspec10
formatter10
c1110
videogames10
formater10
ruby10
c1710
formatters10
linter10
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
DataDog/dd-trace-rb
Sep 2019 - Jan 2023
Datadog Tracing Ruby Client
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:29 releases, 2597 reviews, 1538 commits in 3 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Marco primarily contributed to the backend of the Datadog Ruby Tracing Client, focusing on implementing functionality for trace payload chunking. Their work involved code changes within the transport and specification files. Furthermore, the user's commits included version bumping and code refactoring related to configuration and API implementation.
apmtracingruby-clientrubydatadog-tracing
rubocop/rubocop
Jan 2019 - Mar 2021
A Ruby static code analyzer and formatter, based on the community Ruby style guide.
Role in this project:QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:6 commits, 4 PRs, 10 comments in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Marco's commits primarily involve modifying and extending the test suite for the RuboCop project. They focused on adding and adjusting tests to improve the accuracy of the code analyzer, specifically in the `Layout` and `Rails` cop categories. The contributions also include fixing false positives and ensuring correct behavior for various code styles and assignments. The work demonstrates a focus on maintaining the quality and reliability of the code analysis tool.
linterstyle-guidecode-formattercode-analyzerruby
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