Richard Moot
Head Of Developer Evangelism at PayPal
Corvallis, Oregon, United States
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Top SchoolRichard Moot is a developer-focused engineering leader with 11 years of experience building and scaling Developer Relations and API programs at Square, Block, and now PayPal. He grew SquareDev’s community and channels from the ground up—launching a podcast and a YouTube channel with 9,000+ subscribers—while chairing cross-product API governance that standardized design across Square, Cash App, and Afterpay. Equally at home in content, community, and platform strategy, he excels at turning API design principles into developer-friendly products that reduce friction and documentation rereads. Recently he’s been deep into practical AI agent architecture and Model Context Protocol workflows, running hands-on enablement workshops that help teams ship LLM integrations rather than just prototype them. Based in Corvallis, OR, he’s open to DevRel leadership, API/platform strategy, or AI-focused engineering and consulting—preferring fully remote roles.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science at Oregon State UniversityUniversity of California Santa Cruz
English
Stackoverflow
3,601reputation
120kreached
60answers
1question
javascript
top-5%
Github Skills (77)
square-connect10
payment10
ups10
typescript10
square10
dhl10
fedex10
usps10
javascript9
dotnet9
aws-amplify9
sdk9
typescript-definitions9
python9
java9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
mootrichard/mootrichard.github.io
May 2015 - Apr 2019
Contributions:40 pushes, 4 branches in 3 years 11 months
mootrichard/square-react-online-payments
Nov 2018 - Aug 2020
An example implementation of Square's Payment Form using React
Contributions:4 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
react
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