Matt Rubens
United States
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Top SchoolMatt Rubens is a seasoned software leader and founder with over a decade building high-growth, product-led companies and engineering organizations. As CEO of Roomote (formerly Roo Code) he blends hands-on AI engineering—illustrated by contributions to an autonomous IDE agent supporting Gemini and OpenAI models—with product and growth expertise honed leading Roo’s veterinary relief platform. His background spans scaling engineering and compliance for healthcare diagnostics, driving hundreds of millions in marketplace GMV, and early-stage startups including a YC-backed music platform, reflecting deep full-stack chops and entrepreneurial grit. Comfortable switching between coding, product strategy, and regulatory ops, he’s notable for bringing practical AI features (image support, context windows, pricing awareness) into developer tools while keeping robustness improvements like shell profile fixes front of mind.
10 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Jamglue S06, Jamglue S06 at Y CombinatorBS/MS Computer Science, BS/MS Computer Science at Stanford University
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Github Skills (16)
typescript10
intergration10
typescripts10
ai10
integrations10
api-ai10
typescript-types10
api-design9
file-management8
filesystem8
javascript7
sh6
shell6
script6
vscode-extension6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
cline/cline
Nov 2024 - Mar 2025
Autonomous coding agent right in your IDE, capable of creating/editing files, executing commands, using the browser, and more with your permission every step of the way.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 review, 6 PRs, 15 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:Matt contributed to the codebase by integrating and configuring new AI models, specifically focusing on Gemini and OpenAI models. They added support for new AI model features, including context windows, image support, and pricing information. Furthermore, the user addressed a bug related to shell profile handling, improving the application's robustness. They also added the current time to the system prompt.
RooVetGit/Roo-Code
Nov 2024 - Apr 2025
Roo Code (prev. Roo Cline) gives you a whole dev team of AI agents in your code editor.
Contributions:1 release, 787 reviews, 1255 PRs in 5 months
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