Robert Thorpe II
Software Engineer at GitHub
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRobert Thorpe II is a curious and practical software engineer with eight years of experience building reliable back-end systems and automation, currently contributing at GitHub from Cambridge, MA. He brings strong Ruby/Rails, JavaScript, and Python skills alongside production-focused testing and automation experience gained validating healthcare infrastructure at InterSystems. Past work includes porting authentication systems to Go and implementing RESTful APIs for ML-driven products, reflecting a comfort with polyglot stacks and systems-level engineering. Robert pairs an MIT computer science background with hands-on experience mentoring students and shipping tooling that streamlines operations—an inclination toward pragmatic tooling and developer ergonomics not obvious from job titles alone.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyHigh School General Studies, High School General Studies at Monson High School
Github Skills (21)
security9
github-api9
database9
security-vulnerability9
python8
pygithub8
character-sheet8
javascript8
github-api-v38
agile-methodologies6
github6
vulnerability6
agile-development5
codacy4
agile4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
rthorpeii/dotfiles
Jan 2022 - Jan 2023
Contributions:15 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
TheatreAtFirst/inventory-website
Oct 2024 - Feb 2026
JumboCode 2023-2024 Inventory project for Theatre@First, led by Liam Strand
Contributions:4 reviews, 9 PRs, 9 pushes in 1 year 4 months
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