Rob Dietrick
Director Software Engineering at GitHub
Encinitas, California, United States
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Top SchoolRob Dietrick is a seasoned software engineering leader with over a decade of experience building and scaling developer-focused products, currently serving as Director of Software Engineering at GitHub. He combines deep hands-on roots in Java, mobile (Objective-C, iPhone, Android), web technologies, JavaScript, SQL and Salesforce with a track record of moving from individual contributor roles to senior management. Rob’s career spans startups and large platforms—from early web and games work through roles at AdMob/Google, Salesforce, and multiple contracting engagements—giving him a pragmatic approach to architecture and delivery. He is based in Encinitas, California and is known for blending platform-level thinking with product empathy that helps teams ship reliable developer experiences. Notably, his background in psychology informs a people-first management style that emphasizes coaching, clear communication, and sustainable team velocity.
12 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
BS Psychology, BS Psychology at Penn State University
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (31)
salesforce-api10
jsforce10
sfdx10
nodejs10
salesforce10
javascript9
elastic7
rsync6
rubynlp6
python6
subprocess6
cicd6
bearer-token5
ruby5
jwt-authentication4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
rdietrick/did-files-change
Apr 2020 - Apr 2022
Action which outputs a value that indicates whether specific resources changed in a push.
Contributions:10 releases, 1 review, 109 commits in 2 years
outputspush
rdietrick/jsforce
Aug 2015 - Feb 2024
Salesforce API Library for JavaScript applications (both on Node.js and web browser)
Contributions:4 PRs, 4 pushes, 3 branches in 8 years 6 months
apijsbrowsernode-jsjavascript
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