Michael Roytman
Software Engineer at edX
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Roytman is a software engineer with a decade of experience focused on backend systems, DevOps automation, and developer tooling, currently based in Cambridge, MA and working at edX. He has contributed significant backend migrations and feature work to the widely-used Open edX platform—adding temporary scheduling fields, improving asset library filters, and cleaning up legacy code to improve maintainability. Michael also strengthens release pipelines and reproducible builds through Docker, dependency analysis, and CI automation, and has written tooling to accelerate targeted builds and Terraform plan generation. His contributions span code, scripts, and documentation, reflecting a practical full-stack backend mindset that values developer experience as much as production reliability. A strong academic foundation in computer science (B.S., 3.84) and repeated teaching-assistant roles hint at clear communication skills and a knack for mentoring peers. An understated strength is his ability to pair small, focused refactors with automation that yields outsized improvements in build and deployment velocity.
9 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, 3.84, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, 3.84 at Brandeis University
English, Russian
Github Skills (24)
docker10
data-service10
python10
back-end-development10
django10
testing10
dockers10
cicd10
webservice10
automation10
dockerfile10
ansible10
ansible-galaxy10
automations10
backend10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
openedx/edx-platform
Jun 2017 - Jan 2023
The Open edX LMS & Studio, powering education sites around the world!
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:107 reviews, 237 commits, 232 PRs in 5 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily focused on improving the development environment and backend code within the Open edX platform. They removed unnecessary code and performed refactoring tasks, such as removing JQUERY initializations, is_ajax conditions, and try/catch blocks. The user also added new features to the asset library, enhancing functionality by implementing multiple filter capabilities and passing the language to the Mako template.
edxlmssitesbackend-serviceopen-edx
openedx-unsupported/configuration
Jun 2016 - Aug 2017
A collection of edx configuration scripts and utilities that edx.org uses to deploy openedx.
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:148 commits, 66 PRs, 327 pushes in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily focused on automating the build and deployment process for the Open edX configuration repository. Their contributions include creating and modifying scripts to analyze dependencies, balance containers, and ensure Dockerfile coverage. The user also updated the Docker build process by integrating a script to manage dependencies. Overall, their work centered on improving the efficiency and reliability of the build and deployment pipelines.
pythonconfiguration-managementansibleedxconfiguration-scripts
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