Ross Fuhrman
Senior Backend Engineer - Security Platform Management
Kansas City, Kansas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRoss Fuhrman is a Senior Backend Engineer with over a decade of experience building secure, production-grade web platforms, currently focused on Security Platform Management at GitLab. He brings deep Ruby and Rails expertise across full lifecycle development, complemented by strong skills in databases, automated testing, CI, and agile practices. Ross has advanced through multiple roles at GitLab and previously led engineering teams at Kicksite, demonstrating both hands-on coding and people leadership including sprint planning and mentoring. He has a track record of performance optimizations and cost reductions—such as cutting a nightly job from 8 hours to 15 minutes—and experience modernizing legacy systems in enterprise environments. An active community contributor and speaker at Ruby conferences and user groups, he pairs technical craft with clear communication and a keen sense for business impact. Based in Kansas City, he intentionally cultivates cross-functional understanding to deliver secure, maintainable solutions.
13 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Information Systems, BS Computer Information Systems at Devry
Stackoverflow
638reputation
751kreached
8answers
16questions
Github Skills (14)
xml6
asp-net6
batchfile6
http-handler6
visual-studio6
asset-pipeline6
cmd6
ruby-on-rails6
connections3
minitest3
testing3
ruby2
rails2
jekyll2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
rossfuhrman/junk_drawer
Jul 2015 - Jul 2018
Contributions:4 pushes in 3 years
rossfuhrman/habitabs
Jul 2017 - Sep 2018
Contributions:4 PRs, 5 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 1 month
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