Ralph Rice
Software Developer V at Paychex
Ravenna, Ohio, United States
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Top SchoolRalph Rice is a seasoned software developer with 15+ years of experience building service-oriented and object-oriented systems, currently leading integration and architecture work as Software Developer V at Paychex. He specializes in modern web architectures—REST/SOAP services, API design, cross-language integration, large data processing, and heuristic algorithms—often tackling the toughest integration problems and introducing new technologies into production. Ralph spans the full software lifecycle from requirements and prototyping to testing and maintenance, and he frequently mentors peers to clarify complex technical trade-offs. Based in Ravenna, Ohio, he pairs a systems-focused Computer Science degree from The University of Akron with a pragmatic, operations-aware perspective shaped in part by earlier technical roles including military service.
15 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Computer Science (Systems), B.S., Computer Science (Systems) at The University of Akron
English
Stackoverflow
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16answers
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Github Skills (24)
android-sdk10
algorithms9
java9
chess-engine9
lichess8
chess8
xcode8
mobile-application8
scalajs8
stockfish8
javascript7
ios7
android7
capacitor7
visual-studio6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
rrice/java-string-similarity
Jan 2011 - Jan 2021
A Java library that implements several algorithms that calculate similarity between strings.
Contributions:37 commits, 3 PRs, 23 pushes in 10 years
java
rrice/rrice.github.io
Jun 2016 - Sep 2024
Contributions:3 pushes, 3 branches in 8 years 4 months
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