Ray Hamel
Software Engineer II at Wayfair
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRay Hamel is a Software Engineer II based in Boston with 11 years of hands-on experience building web applications and developer-focused tooling. Currently at Wayfair, he brings production experience from startups to enterprise environments, and prior roles include creating demos, extensions, and academic integrations for PTC’s ThingWorx/Creo/Vuforia ecosystem. He combines a practical Ruby on Rails apprenticeship and healthcare startup consulting background with formal computer science study at Boston University, enabling him to bridge product needs and developer ergonomics. Ray’s work often sits at the intersection of developer experience and applied engineering—making complex vendor platforms easier to adopt in teaching and prototyping contexts. Colleagues would describe him as a pragmatic implementer who enjoys turning platform capabilities into reusable examples and teaching tools that lower the barrier for other engineers.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Boston University - Metropolitan College10-12, 10-12 at Boston University AcademyWellesley Senior High SchoolSkidmore College
French, English
Stackoverflow
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43answers
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Github Skills (39)
assembly10
python10
swift10
cpp10
haskell10
rust-lang9
ruby9
linux9
browser9
go9
homebrew9
ispc9
macos9
rust9
package-manager9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
rayhamel/uglify-it
Apr 2015 - Mar 2021
Makes any website ugly!
Contributions:16 PRs, 31 pushes, 9 branches in 6 years
javascriptugly
JoshuaFields/code-review-site
Mar 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:27 PRs, 83 pushes, 14 branches in 14 days
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