Rob Hilgefort
Senior Software Engineer at PwC
Evergreen, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolRob Hilgefort is a senior software engineer with 13 years of experience building backend systems and full-stack applications across startups and enterprise teams, currently driving engineering work at PwC from Evergreen, Colorado. He brings deep Node.js and functional-JS experience (Mongo, Express, React, Ramda/Sanctuary, Flow) and has led teams as an engineering manager while contributing to IoT/embedded projects—most notably custom firmware and keymap work in the popular qmk/qmk_firmware project. Comfortable shifting between hands-on implementation and architectural leadership, he has a track record of shipping production services at companies from Losant to Charter. A UK philosophy grad and avid endurance athlete, Rob pairs analytical rigor with persistence—whether tuning distributed systems or training for a marathon.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
B.A., Philosophy, B.A., Philosophy at University of KentuckyGeneral Studies, General Studies at Highlands High School
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Github Skills (26)
keyboard-input10
c-language10
atmel10
qmk-firmware10
firmware10
c-programming10
c1110
keymaps10
keyboard10
c1710
avr10
keyboard-layout10
keymapping10
atmel-studio10
cprogramming-language10
Programming languages (25)
Github contributions (5)
qmk/qmk_firmware
Mar 2019 - Jan 2021
Open-source keyboard firmware for Atmel AVR and Arm USB families
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:13 reviews, 5 commits, 5 PRs in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Rob contributed extensively to the `qmk/qmk_firmware` repository, focusing on keyboard firmware customization. Their primary contributions included creating and modifying keymaps for different keyboard layouts, notably for the Planck and Corne KBD. These modifications involved adjusting key assignments, creating custom layers, and implementing advanced features such as media controls and custom LED behavior. The user's work also reflects an understanding of QMK's configuration and build system.
rp2040firmwareavratmelkeyboard-support
rjhilgefort/git-merge-forward
Mar 2015 - Sep 2015
Contributions:18 commits, 12 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
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