Rob Spieldenner is a software craftsperson with 12 years of experience building reliable Java and JVM-based systems, championing test-driven development and continuous delivery across teams. Based in Mountain View, he spent much of his career at Netflix improving Gradle plugin ecosystems and CI/CD workflows, contributing build and linting enhancements to widely used nebula plugins. He pairs hands-on engineering—Java, JavaEE, Groovy, Maven/Gradle, JUnit/Spock—with systems thinking from roles as a systems architect and Scrum Master, having led CI migrations and automated delivery pipelines. A perpetual learner, he’s expanding into Scala and Clojure while continuing to improve team practices through teaching and technical leadership.
12 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, Mathematics (Applied Discrete), BS, Computer Science, Mathematics (Applied Discrete) at Virginia Tech
A pluggable and configurable linter tool for identifying and reporting on patterns of misuse or deprecations in Gradle scripts.
Role in this project:
Backend & Automation Engineer
Contributions:12 releases, 26 commits, 20 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Rob primarily focused on improving the build and testing infrastructure of the Gradle lint plugin. Their contributions included modifying the CI build script to enhance build processes and integrating a clean task to prevent issues related to a dirty repository. Furthermore, the user added rules for renaming plugins and updating the Gradle version. These changes indicate a focus on build automation and ensuring the project's maintainability and compatibility.
Contributions:33 commits, 3 PRs, 6 pushes in 9 months
ensureproperly
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