Paul Sherman
Staff Software Engineer at Rescale
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolPaul Sherman is a Staff Software Engineer in San Francisco with 12 years of experience specializing in frontend engineering and user experience for single-page React applications. He’s progressed through multiple roles at Rescale, moving from Frontend Engineer to Staff Engineer, where he blends UI craftsmanship with pragmatic backend API design to improve product-facing flows. A steady open-source contributor, Paul has helped harden widely used projects like React Router and history management libraries—improving URL/ basename handling, unicode support, and link active-state behavior—demonstrating attention to edge cases that affect real users. He also contributed TypeScript typings to DefinitelyTyped and UI/preview fixes for CodeSandbox, reflecting a focus on developer experience as well as end-user UX. Known for shipping reliable frontend features and tests, Paul brings a measured, detail-oriented approach that uncovers subtle bugs before customers do.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Github Skills (34)
javascript10
url-encoding10
react-redux10
testing10
history10
typescript10
front-end-development10
typescript-types10
management10
svelte10
react-router10
typescripts10
react10
react-native9
typescript-definitions9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
remix-run/react-router
Sep 2016 - Jun 2019
Declarative routing for React
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 77 commits, 135 PRs in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Paul made several contributions to the React Router library, primarily focused on enhancing the functionality and test coverage of the `Link` and `NavLink` components. These changes involved adding new features like the `isActive` prop, and also adding tests to ensure active states are correctly applied. Furthermore, the user worked on adding examples and documentation for new and existing features, enhancing user understanding and adoption. The user's work primarily involved the React library and its routing mechanisms.
reactdeclarativeeffectorroutingdeclarative-routing
remix-run/history
Feb 2017 - Jan 2020
Manage session history with JavaScript
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:14 commits, 25 PRs, 6 pushes in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Paul primarily focused on refining the functionality of the history management library. Their contributions involved addressing and resolving issues related to the handling of base names and URL encoding. Specifically, they improved the library's ability to correctly create and manage URLs, including those with unicode characters and ensured proper basename handling. The user also added tests to validate the changes.
javascriptsession-history
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