Rob Bygrave
Principal Engineer at EROAD
Auckland Metropolitan Area New Zealand
Summary
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RockstarRob Bygrave is a Principal Engineer with 16 years of experience building JVM-based back-end systems and driving production deployments with Kubernetes and Docker from Auckland, New Zealand. He has deep expertise in database-focused Java engineering, contributing significant refactors and feature work to the well-known open-source Ebean ORM—adding DB migration, history support, Elasticsearch integration and type-safe query capabilities. At EROAD and ClearPoint he blends hands-on delivery with technical leadership, mentoring teams while shaping architecture for scalable services. Notably, his open-source contributions emphasize improving core ORM behavior—partitioning, JSON serialization and entity consistency—showing a focus on pragmatic, high-quality database interaction.
16 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (23)
object-mapping10
java10
javas10
data-mapping10
orm10
postgresql9
sql9
database-design9
playframework9
testing7
performance-optimization7
eclipse6
jpa6
android-studio6
hibernate6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
ebean-orm/ebean
Sep 2012 - Jan 2023
Ebean ORM
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:364 releases, 144 reviews, 5644 commits in 10 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Rob's commits primarily involve refactoring code, organizing imports, and enhancing existing functionalities within the Ebean ORM project. These changes include the implementation of a new method for database operations, adjustments to table partitioning, and enhancements related to JSON serialization, indicating a focus on improving the core database interaction and functionality of the ORM. Additionally, the user addressed issues related to entity bean reference and various bug fixes, showcasing a commitment to code quality and functionality within the Ebean framework.
ebeanormjavakotlinsql
avaje/avaje-http-client
Aug 2020 - Jan 2023
A light weight wrapper to the JDK HttpClient
Contributions:20 releases, 1 review, 253 commits in 2 years 5 months
http-clientjavahttpclientrestjson
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