Russell Hammett
Team Leader at HiBob
Westminster, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolRussell Hammett is a pragmatic software leader with 11 years of hands-on experience building and improving .NET-based web applications and data layers, now leading teams at HiBob. He combines deep backend expertise in ASP.NET/C#, .NET Core and MS SQL with practical skills across Python, TypeScript, Oracle and CI automation, often focusing on code quality and maintainability. Russell has a track record of refactoring data access and streamlining versioning and CI in notable open-source projects like allReady and ScottPlot, showing a penchant for making systems more reliable and testable. He progressed from web developer roles into senior engineering and team leadership, bringing a steady, engineering-first management style. Based in Westminster, MD, he balances professional curiosity—constantly learning new technologies—with a down-to-earth personal life as a family-focused developer and gamer. His mix of full-stack fluency and attention to developer experience helps teams ship cleaner, more maintainable software.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Computer Studies; completed, Bachelor's Computer Studies; completed at University of Maryland University CollegeCisco Networking AcademyWeb Developer Information Technologies, Web Developer Information Technologies at College of Southern MarylandCharles Country Career and Technology Center
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Github contributions (5)
HTBox/allReady
Dec 2015 - Jan 2016
This repo contains the code for allReady, an open-source solution focused on increasing awareness, efficiency and impact of preparedness campaigns as they are delivered by humanitarian and disaster response organizations in local communities.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10 commits, 7 PRs, 4 comments in 26 days
Contributions summary:Russell primarily focused on back-end development tasks, refactoring existing code and improving the data access layer within the application. Their contributions included eliminating "magic strings" in controllers to improve code maintainability and removing and refactoring of the `ClosestLocationService` into the `DbContext` using Entity Framework, updating tests and references to the moved code. These changes indicate a focus on code quality and efficient database interactions, aligning with back-end development practices.
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ScottPlot/ScottPlot
Oct 2021 - Oct 2021
Interactive plotting library for .NET
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Automation EngineerContributions:8 commits, 1 PR, 6 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:Russell primarily focused on improving the build and versioning processes for the ScottPlot library. They implemented centralized package versioning using .NET's tools and updated the versioning script. The user also modified several project files to incorporate the versioning changes. Additionally, the user addressed a Linux-specific test failure and skipped its execution to improve CI stability.
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