Rob Prentiss
Senior Software Engineer at Apple
Livermore, California, United States
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Top SchoolRob Prentiss is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building internal developer tools, automation, and cloud-based diagnostics at Apple, specializing in Go, Python, Ruby, and JavaScript. He combines deep systems design and failure-analysis roots with a strong focus on user experience and developer productivity, having authored numerous internal Go libraries and CLI tools. Rob’s background spans hands-on hardware diagnostics and retail repair to large-scale web services, which gives him a rare end-to-end perspective on reliability and operational tooling. He thrives on learning and rapidly becoming an expert in new domains, preferring robust, well-researched solutions over quick fixes. Based in Livermore, CA, he balances pragmatic engineering with a continual drive to improve workflows and developer experiences. An early career penchant for isolating tricky hardware bugs informs his systematic approach to troubleshooting complex software and infrastructure issues.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, 3.99, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, 3.99 at Southern California Institute of Technology
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Github Skills (178)
go-modules10
programming-language10
package-control10
golang-cli10
python10
travis10
proxy10
interpreter10
haiku10
stash10
visual-studio10
pip10
launchpad10
goproxy10
athens10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
jorng/swift
Nov 2021 - Apr 2022
The Swift Programming Language
Contributions:36 pushes, 14 branches in 5 months
swift-programmingswift-programming-languageprogramming-languageswift
jorng/fernet
Feb 2017 - Jul 2018
Contributions:4 pushes in 1 year 5 months
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