Reuben Doetsch
Co-Founder at LiveDwell
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolReuben Doetsch is a serial entrepreneur and seasoned technology executive with 13 years of experience building product-led companies from founding CTO to co-founder roles. Based in Los Angeles, he co-founded AvantStay to reinvent travel hospitality and previously led engineering and product at startups spanning genomics, health-plan compliance, and consumer wellness. He combines hands-on backend engineering—demonstrated by contributions to the Lift Framework and Scala codebase—with executive-level strategy and operations. Reuben has repeatedly bridged product, engineering, and business, scaling teams and systems that navigate complex regulated domains. An early Computer Science and Philosophy graduate from Columbia, he brings both technical rigor and human-centered product instincts to startups. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic builder who moves between code and company direction with equal facility.
13 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science & Philosophy, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science & Philosophy at Columbia UniversityEvanston Township High School (ETHS)
English, German
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Github Skills (17)
application-framework10
app-framework10
scala10
lift10
deadcode10
code-cleanup10
web-framework10
refactoring10
deprecated10
web-development9
javascript8
generics6
haskell6
model-view-controller6
sbt6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
lift/framework
Nov 2012 - May 2013
Lift Framework
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:23 commits in 6 months
Contributions summary:Reuben primarily contributed to the Lift Framework, focusing on the removal of deprecated methods and classes, refactoring of existing code, and adding new features. Their work included deleting outdated code, such as the `ParseDouble` class and various deprecated methods in Javascript related modules, cleaning up the codebase. Furthermore, the user added the `MVCHelper` to the package, showcasing a focus on maintaining and updating the framework's core functionality. The commits demonstrate a working knowledge of Scala and the Lift Framework's internal structure.
frameworkscalaliftjavareal-time
hjast/geodude
Apr 2013 - May 2013
Contributions:7 commits in 16 days
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