Robert Schooley
VP Of Engineering at Brightwell
Tampa, Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRobert Schooley is a veteran full-stack engineering leader based in Tampa with over 13 years of formal experience and 18+ years building software, currently serving as VP of Engineering at Brightwell after progressing from Director of Engineering and earlier senior engineering roles. He blends hands-on development with strategic leadership, having founded startups and co-founded consumer projects, which gives him a strong product-first perspective alongside technical depth. Robert has a track record of scaling teams and delivery across startups and established companies like Bright Funds and Sogeti, often stepping into senior roles to stabilize and accelerate engineering outcomes. Although he left formal degree studies incomplete at DePaul, his long-term freelancing and entrepreneurial work demonstrate a pragmatic, learn-by-doing approach to complex systems and team building.
13 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science - Incomplete, Computer Science - Incomplete at DePaul University
Github Skills (129)
mongoose9
gleam9
localization9
phantomjs9
html9
ueberauth9
ruby9
mvc9
rails9
headless-browser8
activerecord8
ruby-on-rails8
stacktrace8
jquery-plugin8
realtime8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
rschooley/mongo-ecto-lite
Apr 2022 - Aug 2022
Contributions:11 commits, 2 PRs, 7 pushes in 4 months
rschooley/bani
Apr 2022 - May 2022
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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