Maxwell Jacobson
Staff Engineer, MD Family And Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI) at Maryland Department of Labor
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolMaxwell Jacobson is a staff engineer with 12 years of experience building reliable backend systems and leading teams, currently delivering Maryland’s Family and Medical Leave Insurance program. He previously managed and engineered at Vimeo and spent formative years at Code Climate, where he focused on quality tooling and platform reliability. A long-time contributor to the Ruby ecosystem, Maxwell has added nuanced static-analysis rules to RuboCop and improved code-smell and Code Climate integrations for projects like reek, showing a knack for tooling that prevents bugs before they reach production. He combines hands-on engineering with managerial experience, shipping pragmatic solutions for both product and developer experience. Based in New York, he brings a psychology background to collaborative engineering, often emphasizing clear communication and measurable code quality.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Psychology, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Psychology at University of VermontFlatiron School
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Github Skills (26)
rubocop10
static-code-analysis10
ruby-rails10
static-analysis10
testing10
rails10
formatter10
software-quality10
formater10
ruby10
sql-formatter10
formatters10
linter10
code-formatting10
cicd9
Programming languages (23)
Github contributions (5)
qltysh/qlty
Oct 2016 - Jun 2019
Universal code quality CLI: Linting, formatting, security scanning, and metrics
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:15 releases, 35 commits, 69 PRs in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Maxwell primarily contributed to bug fixes and improvements within the code quality CLI, addressing issues such as typos, incorrect command execution, and incorrect fingerprinting. They modified configuration and help files, along with validation logic, to resolve errors and enhance the tool's usability. The user's work also included updates to improve the version checker and user instructions for upgrading the tool.
climateclimate-clicodeclimatedockerstatic-code-analysis
rubocop/rubocop
Jun 2015 - Feb 2022
A Ruby static code analyzer and formatter, based on the community Ruby style guide.
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 20 commits, 24 PRs in 6 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Maxwell primarily contributed to the RuboCop project by adding and improving code analysis rules (cops). They added a new cop to detect circular argument references, enhanced an existing cop to identify and warn against using option hashes when keyword arguments are supported, and added a new cop to enforce proper grammar when using ActiveSupport's time duration methods. They also improved error messages and fixed various issues in existing cops, ensuring code quality and maintainability of the project.
linterstyle-guidecode-formattercode-analyzerruby
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