Scott Bartell
Principal Software Engineer at LineLeap
Buffalo, New York, United States
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Top SchoolScott Bartell is a Principal Software Engineer with 13 years of experience building and scaling Ruby on Rails applications, currently driving engineering and product delivery at LineLeap while running his own consultancy, High Altitude Code. He’s led high-throughput, business-value teams through growth stages from early startups to acquisition, pairing agile and XP practices with a focus on SLOs and measurable uptime. A repeat founder and operator, he’s launched products and growth initiatives that materially increased traffic, conversions, and subscription revenue at companies like Plated and Stash. Scott contributes to the Rails ecosystem—improving Active Record integrations and async dispatch in the rails_event_store project—demonstrating deep backend craftsmanship. He blends hands-on engineering with organizational coaching to build collaborative cultures of guidance and feedback. Based in Buffalo, NY, he pairs technical depth with entrepreneurial grit and a track record of turning complex requirements into reliable, scalable systems.
13 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering at Rochester Institute of TechnologyComputer Science, Computer Science at UdacityEntrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies at Stanford Venture LabComputer Science, Computer Science at BerkeleyXMaster of Science (MS) Computer Science Interactive Intelligence, Master of Science (MS) Computer Science Interactive Intelligence at Georgia Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science (BS) Business Administration Marketing Concentration, Bachelor of Science (BS) Business Administration Marketing Concentration at University at Buffalo
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Github Skills (20)
ruby-rails10
rspec10
rails10
event-sourcing10
ruby10
activerecord10
postgresql9
cqrs9
css9
html9
domain-driven-design8
event-driven-architecture8
json7
oracle6
turbolinks6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
RailsEventStore/rails_event_store
May 2019 - Oct 2019
A Ruby implementation of an Event Store based on Active Record
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 3 PRs, 3 issues in 5 months
Contributions summary:Scott contributed significantly to the `rails_event_store` project, focusing on enhancing the Active Record integration. They refactored specifications for clarity and implemented features allowing for the configuration of JSON or JSONB data types in migrations. Additionally, the user worked on improving the asynchronous dispatching mechanism, specifically addressing transaction handling and compatibility across different Rails versions. These changes improved the flexibility and robustness of the event store.
dddevent-sourcingrailsaggregate-rootcqrs-es
scottbartell/scottbartell.github.io
Mar 2019 - May 2022
Contributions:3 PRs, 41 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 2 months
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