Mina Slater
Senior Developer at thoughtbot
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolMina Slater is a Senior Developer based in Edinburgh with 10 years of experience who specializes in backend engineering and Ruby on Rails, combining consulting experience with a strong focus on developer experience and reliable deployments. After transitioning via a Northwestern bootcamp in 2018, she has led and mentored teams, managed CI/CD and canary deployments, and acted as a subject-matter expert on complex government-facing features. Her background as a stage manager and production leader informs a people-first approach to teamwork, clear communication, and coordinating cross-functional stakeholders. An active member of the Ruby/Rails community and co-host of a podcast that reads technical docs as literature, she pairs technical craft with a passion for inclusive products that connect people.
10 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
BA Theatre and Performance Studies, BA Theatre and Performance Studies at University of California, BerkeleyWeb Development, Web Development at Northwestern University
Chinese, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (50)
css10
mvc10
rails10
ruby10
html10
activerecord10
ruby-on-rails10
rails-authentication9
clearance9
authentication8
padding7
sre7
defaults7
thoughtbot7
aws6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
minaslater/dotfiles
May 2018 - Jun 2024
Contributions:14 pushes, 2 branches in 6 years 2 months
minaslater/Puppygotchi
Apr 2017 - Apr 2019
Contributions:46 PRs, 28 pushes, 47 branches in 2 years
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