Robert Maloney
Senior Software Engineer at Prismatic
San Diego, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRobert Maloney is a senior software engineer and pragmatic engineering leader with 11 years of experience building full-stack Rails applications and service-oriented systems. He spent formative years at MyCase progressing from engineer to staff tech lead, where he ran the internship program and coordinated cross-functional teams to deliver cornerstone features. At Prismatic he transitioned into management and returned to senior engineering work, demonstrating comfort toggling between hands-on coding and team leadership. Robert contributes to open source—adding aggregate functions and DB helpers to the well-regarded diesel ORM for Rust—highlighting a deeper interest in database interactions beyond typical Rails work. Based in San Diego, he combines a practical product focus with mentorship, scaling engineers and intern programs while continuously expanding his technical breadth. He’s especially drawn to solving real-world problems that simplify and enrich everyday user workflows.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, San Diego
Github Skills (9)
rust10
aggregate-functions10
orm10
postgresql10
query-builder10
sql10
mysql9
testing9
sqlite9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
diesel-rs/diesel
Jan 2016 - May 2016
A safe, extensible ORM and Query Builder for Rust
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 7 PRs, 19 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:Robert primarily contributed to the implementation of aggregate functions such as `SUM` and `AVG` within the diesel-rs/diesel repository, an ORM for Rust. Their work involved adding these functions to the query builder, modifying the code to handle different data types (integer, double, nullable), and incorporating relevant tests to ensure functionality. The user also fixed documentation issues related to the `debug_sql!` and `print_sql!` macros. Further contributions included the addition of helpers for managing `updated_at TIMESTAMP` columns, demonstrating a focus on database interaction and functionality.
querymysqlrustsqlbuilder
mycase/tuscany
Nov 2020 - Apr 2022
A command-line utility that accepts a JSON manifest of routes and generates a folder structure of URL helpers
Contributions:1 release, 11 reviews, 21 PRs in 1 year 5 months
manifestrailscommand-line-utilityroutesmanifest-json
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