Rob Sanchez
Principal Software Engineer at Happy Cog
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolRob Sanchez is a Principal Software Engineer with 15 years of hands-on experience building back-end web systems and occasional front-end features, now based in New York. He specializes in OOP PHP, LAMP stacks, MySQL, command-line *nix, APIs, and MVC frameworks such as CodeIgniter and ExpressionEngine, and has led product-focused engineering efforts including the CartThrob e-commerce framework. At Happy Cog he combines senior technical leadership with active software delivery, and his open-source contributions to ExpressionEngine (including a popular JSON output plugin and core CMS improvements) show a talent for practical platform extension and integrations. Comfortable shipping from command line to browser, he brings a developer-first approach to architecture, tooling, and performance. Trained in both computer science and music at Yale and Berklee, he pairs analytical engineering with creative problem solving that surfaces in thoughtful UX-aware back-end design.
16 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Music, Music Production & Engineering, Bachelor of Music, Music Production & Engineering at Berklee College of MusicComputer Science, Music, Computer Science, Music at Yale University
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Github Skills (20)
json10
content-management-system10
cms10
apidoc10
php10
api10
content-management10
expressionengine10
databases9
database-design9
data-integration9
sql-database9
template-tags8
templater8
data-format8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
rsanchez/json
Dec 2010 - Apr 2016
Output ExpressionEngine data in JSON format.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:67 commits, 1 PR, 2 pushes in 5 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Rob primarily contributed to the development of a JSON plugin for ExpressionEngine. Their work involved adding new methods for retrieving data (members method), incorporating parameters like XHR, fields, and terminate. They also addressed various bug fixes and implemented enhancements for features like matrix and grid data handling, ensuring correct date formatting and integration.
expressionengine
ExpressionEngine/ExpressionEngine
Oct 2011 - Aug 2012
ExpressionEngine is a flexible, feature-rich, free open-source content management platform that empowers hundreds of thousands of individuals and organizations around the world to easily manage their web site.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:48 commits in 9 months
Contributions summary:Rob primarily contributed to the ExpressionEngine CMS by adding and modifying core functionalities. Their work included adding a configuration item for third-party paths, enhancing the content edit menu by adding channel lists, and integrating a hook for template modifications. Additionally, they refactored the admin_content controller to utilize a new API for channel fields. These changes indicate a focus on improving the CMS's core functionality.
expressionengineeecmscmsphpcontent-management-system
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