Rick Markins
Principal Software Engineer at OpenJS Foundation
Peoria, Arizona, United States
Summary
🤩
Rockstar🎓
Top SchoolRick Markins is a Principal Software Engineer with 11 years of progressively senior experience at GoDaddy, now shaping platform and product delivery as a principal technical lead. He specializes in full-stack JavaScript and combines formal IT training with self-taught web development expertise, reflected by a Free Code Camp certification and a bachelor's in Information Technology. A pragmatic engineer who rose from customer-facing support roles into senior engineering positions, he brings deep empathy for user needs and operational reliability to architecture and team coaching. Active in the OpenJS Foundation Cross Project Council, he contributes to broader JavaScript ecosystem governance in addition to hands-on delivery. Based in Peoria, Arizona, he balances an engineering focus with outside interests in gaming, sports, and the outdoors—helping him bring a practical, human-centered perspective to complex technical problems.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Full Stack Web Development Certification Computer Software Engineering, Full Stack Web Development Certification Computer Software Engineering at Free Code CampBachelor’s Degree Information Technology Software Engineer, Bachelor’s Degree Information Technology Software Engineer at University of PhoenixAssociate of Applied Sciences Computer and Information Sciences General, Associate of Applied Sciences Computer and Information Sciences General at Glendale Community CollegeHigh School Diploma H, High School Diploma H at La Joya Community High School
Stackoverflow
1reputation
0reached
0answers
0questions
Github Skills (167)
xmlhttprequest10
expressjs10
github10
windows10
drag10
http-client10
file-upload10
graceful-shutdown10
javascript10
linux10
monorepo10
js10
graceful10
cli10
ajax10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
rkmarks/ligercore
Apr 2015 - Dec 2017
Contributions:1 PR, 92 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 8 months
rxmarbles/package-maintenance
Dec 2018 - Sep 2020
Repository for work for discussion of helping with maintenance of key packages in the ecosystem.
Contributions:2 PRs, 4 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 8 months
ecosystemmaintenance
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.