Maxwell Pettit
Senior Software Engineer at Root Inc.
Columbus, Ohio, United States
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Top SchoolMaxwell Pettit is a Senior Software Engineer in Columbus, Ohio with a decade of experience building reliable backend systems and Angular web apps. He has deep Java and SQL expertise and a track record at companies like JumpMind—where he contributed to the SymmetricDS open-source replication project by enhancing database platform support, JSON handling, and edge-case fixes for MySQL, Sybase, and Postgres. At Root Inc. he progressed from Software Engineer II to Senior Software Engineer, bringing production-grade engineering and mentorship to teams. Maxwell combines hands-on coding with mentoring experience, volunteering with a local high school robotics team to foster the next generation of engineers. He’s comfortable navigating complex database interoperability challenges and integrating nuanced platform-specific work into robust distributed systems.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor's degree at The Ohio State University
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Github Skills (6)
javas10
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sql10
java10
datalayer10
database-design9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
JumpMind/symmetric-ds
Feb 2017 - Oct 2018
SymmetricDS is database replication and file synchronization software that is platform independent, web enabled, and database agnostic. It is designed to make bi-directional data replication fast, easy, and resilient. It scales to a large number of nodes and works in near real-time across WAN and LAN networks.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:127 commits, 88 pushes in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Maxwell's commits primarily involve modifications to the database platform layer, specifically within the `AbstractDatabasePlatform` class. These changes include adding permissions checks, integrating support for JSON data types, and addressing issues with specific database systems like MySQL and Sybase. They also worked on incorporating additional capabilities, like handling NaN values in Postgres and resolving integration issues.
operationsqlserverdata-replicationagnosticresilient
maxwellpettit/PythonRobot
Apr 2018 - Mar 2019
Contributions:95 commits, 77 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
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