Rene Rubalcava
Principal Software Engineer at Esri
Rialto, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRene Rubalcava is a Principal Software Engineer with 15 years of experience building mapping-first web applications and developer tooling at Esri. He designs and implements web components and CI/CD workflows for monorepo development, while contributing to the ArcGIS JavaScript SDK and popular open-source projects like esri-leaflet. Rene combines front-end widget work, build-system optimization, and automated testing expertise—having set up Mocha/PhantomJS test suites and integrated Grunt-based test environments to improve library reliability. His background as a GIS analyst and developer gives him deep domain knowledge in GIS workflows and enterprise spatial systems. Based in Rialto, CA, he blends hands-on coding with developer advocacy to make mapping APIs easier to adopt. He’s as comfortable refining Legend widget rendering as he is architecting testable, production-ready mapping components.
15 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
M.A., Geography, GIS, M.A., Geography, GIS at California State University-Fullerton
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Github Skills (23)
javascript10
build-configuration10
esri-leaflet10
testing10
build-system10
mappings10
mochajs10
project-configuration10
web-development10
phantomjs10
npm9
gruntjs9
requirejs9
g9
dojo9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
Esri/arcgis-js-api
Nov 2015 - Dec 2022
Support files for ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript assets
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:79 releases, 7 reviews, 119 commits in 7 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Rene's commits focused on updating and implementing widget view source files within the ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript assets repository. Their work involved modifications to existing JavaScript files, specifically in the Legend widget. The changes appear to be aimed at improving the Legend widget's functionality and maintainability. The updates include changes to the widget's structure, and possibly, enhancements to its rendering capabilities.
apibowerarcgisarcgis-js-apiarcgis-api-for-javascript
Esri/jsapi-resources
Nov 2015 - Nov 2022
A collection of resources for developers using the ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 release, 67 reviews, 129 commits in 7 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Rene contributed to the development of a collection of resources for developers using the ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript. They added and updated build profiles for both Dojo and RequireJS, indicating a focus on build system configuration and optimization for different module loaders. The user also updated sample applications and code, which likely involves working with both front-end (UI) and back-end (SDK) components to support developer workflows.
apiarcgis-js-apiarcgisarcgis-api-for-javascriptjavascript
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