Robert Claus
Director Of Engineering at Plotly
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRobert Claus is a pragmatic engineering leader with eight years of hands-on software and integration experience, now serving as Director of Engineering at Plotly in Madison, WI. He combines a background in chemical and biomolecular engineering with a CS master's to bridge deep technical problem-solving and product-focused delivery, having progressed from integration engineer to CTO and VP roles at startups. Known for diving into thorny software issues himself, he balances strategic team leadership with a maker's mentality—building and debugging both at work and in personal projects. Colleagues rely on him to translate customer needs into reliable integrations and scalable systems while mentoring teams through growth. An avid creator who values weekends split between building and social downtime, he brings both technical rigor and real-world pragmatism to engineering organizations.
8 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at University of California, BerkeleyMaster's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at University of Wisconsin-Madison
English, German, Spanish
Github Skills (47)
perfect9
visualization9
charts9
plotly9
api9
regl9
data-visualization8
charting8
javascript8
plotly-dash8
webgl8
stack-based7
dashboard7
rest7
sql7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
robertclaus/robertclaus.github.io
Oct 2018 - Aug 2021
Contributions:91 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 10 months
robertclaus/python-database-concurrency-control
Mar 2018 - Jul 2018
Contributions:599 pushes, 6 branches in 3 months
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