Robert Stires
Staff Software Engineer at PayPal
Greater Philadelphia United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRobert Stires is a Staff Software Engineer and frontend architect with 11 years of experience building scalable, internationally-ready UI systems and leading cross-functional teams. He has a track record of turning complex B2B problems into reusable frameworks and feature-based architectures that boost delivery speed, stability, and revenue—most recently at PayPal after shaping Comcast Business’s frontend strategy across seven applications. Known as the go-to problem solver, he ramps up on new technologies rapidly and has shipped practical improvements ranging from internationalization to a live-device networking UI that became a market differentiator. He also contributes full-stack fixes in open-source projects like zen-audio-player, where he improved URL handling and robustness. Combining hands-on coding, mentorship, and process design, he focuses on delivering clear business value and sustainable engineering practices.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, 2.8, High School Diploma, 2.8 at Timber Creek High School
English
Stackoverflow
33reputation
3kreached
3answers
5questions
Github Skills (15)
javascript10
url-parsing10
audio9
youtube-dl8
youtube-api8
music8
youtube7
associations6
jshint6
aggregate-functions6
jscs6
factory-bot6
knexjs6
database6
bookshelfjs6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
zen-audio-player/zen-audio-player.github.io
Jul 2016 - Aug 2016
Listen to YouTube videos, without the distracting visuals.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:8 commits, 3 PRs, 16 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Robert primarily contributed to the project by implementing and updating the URL library, specifically focusing on its integration with the application's functionality. They modified the `getCurrentVideoID` function to reliably extract the video ID from the URL, handling different scenarios, including multiple query parameters. Additionally, the user added functions for constructing and cleaning URLs. The changes involved updating the underlying URI library and modifying existing code to leverage the library's capabilities.
youtubemusicaudioyoutube-video
rjstires/manager
Nov 2017 - Jun 2019
The Linode Manager (Beta)
Contributions:11 PRs, 752 pushes, 748 branches in 1 year 6 months
linode-managerlinodeblockchain
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