Ryan Chipman
Director, Engineering at MongoDB
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolRyan Chipman is a Director of Engineering at MongoDB with 11 years of experience bridging database paradigms and leading the Translators & Connectors team to unify SQL and document models through query language innovation. He progressed from software engineer to lead and now director within MongoDB, combining hands-on backend development and release engineering with strategic product leadership. His open-source contributions include build and release tooling improvements for mongodb/mongo-tools and maintaining MongoDB's Homebrew tap, reflecting an attention to reproducible builds and package integrity. Based in New York, he brings practical experience shipping data tooling at scale and managing cross-functional delivery. Early roles in ML research and visualization at Bloomberg and MIT Media Lab give him a disciplined, experimental approach to engineering problems. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic systems thinker who pairs deep technical detail with a focus on developer experience.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering, Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at The Roxbury Latin School
English
Stackoverflow
393reputation
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13answers
10questions
Github Skills (21)
package-management10
homebrew10
release-management10
go10
scripting9
build-automation9
shell9
script9
sh9
bson8
insertion6
binary-tree6
tablet6
android6
binary-search-tree6
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
mongodb/mongo-tools
Jan 2020 - Mar 2021
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:87 reviews, 84 commits, 93 PRs in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Ryan focused on revendor of the go driver to fix key escaping in dump metadata. They also created zip and tarball archives in a dist task, and refactored parts of the release code. Furthermore, they fixed and separated static analysis tasks within the project. These changes indicate a focus on build processes and data handling.
mongodb/homebrew-brew
Jun 2020 - Mar 2021
The Official MongoDB Software Homebrew Tap
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer / Release Manager
DevOps Engineer / Release ManagerContributions:1 review, 5 commits, 10 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:Ryan's commits focused on updating the MongoDB database tools within the Homebrew tap. They consistently updated the version of the `mongodb-database-tools` formula, changing the download URL and SHA256 checksums for each new release. The commits reflect a responsibility for keeping the Homebrew package up-to-date with the latest MongoDB tools releases. This involved ensuring the correct file locations and checksums are reflected in the Homebrew package.
homebrewmongodb
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