Maria Grimaldi
Software Engineer at eduNEXT
Summary
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RockstarMaria Grimaldi is a software engineer with six years of experience focused on backend development and modernizing legacy Python/Django codebases. She contributes to high-profile open-source projects like Open edX, where she has removed deprecation warnings, refactored tests, and updated data operations to align with current libraries and settings conventions. Maria is comfortable navigating large codebases, improving maintainability, and introducing new filters and events that support platform evolution. Her practical focus on upgrading compatibility and clean test practices underscores a commitment to reliable, production-ready systems.
6 years of coding experience
Github Skills (8)
backend10
pytest10
data-service10
python10
webservice10
django10
mongodb-database9
mongodb9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
openedx/openedx-platform
May 2020 - Dec 2022
The Open edX LMS & Studio, powering education sites around the world!
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:489 reviews, 43 commits, 159 PRs in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Maria contributed to the elimination of deprecation warnings and refactored code to align with updated Python and Django versions. Their work involved modifying code across various files, including tests, to replace deprecated functions like `assertNotRegexpMatches` with `assertNotRegex` and `insert` with `insert_one`. Additionally, the user updated codebase to use setting's values for the username's maximum length and introduced new filters and events.
lmsopenedxbackend-service
eduNEXT/xblock-mindmap
Jul 2023 - May 2024
Mind Map XBlock for Open edX
Contributions:7 releases, 122 reviews, 19 PRs in 10 months
openedx
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