Scott González
Lead Software Engineer at Capital One
York, Pennsylvania, United States
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Scott González is a seasoned Lead Software Engineer with 18 years building and improving large-scale web applications, now applying his craft at Capital One. He is a pragmatic full‑stack developer and architect who specializes in JavaScript ecosystems—particularly jQuery and front-end tooling—while also shipping back-end and build-system improvements. A longtime jQuery project leader and prolific open-source contributor, Scott helped define jQuery UI’s widget factory and has refined core libraries and CDNs used across the web. He champions code quality, testing, and maintainability—often preferring to simplify or delete code as a route to better design. Known for enabling distributed teams and introducing CI and agile practices, he combines hands‑on coding with mentoring and process improvements. Fun aside: he once used the GitHub API just to set his bio, exemplifying a playful, practical curiosity about tooling.
18 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Software Engineering and Web Development, B.S., Software Engineering and Web Development at Juniata College
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Github Skills (67)
testing10
rspec10
jshint10
typescript-definitions10
type-definition10
gruntjs10
ruby10
qunit10
build-automation10
build-process10
refactoring10
web-development10
javascript10
robotics10
jquery10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
jquery/jquery-ui
May 2008 - May 2017
The official jQuery user interface library.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:2561 commits, 389 PRs, 253 pushes in 9 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Scott primarily contributed to the jQuery UI library's user interface elements, with a focus on the Accordion widget. Their commits focused on test-related modifications, including cleaning up, refactoring, and enhancing test coverage for various functionalities within the deprecated and core Accordion modules. Their work involved addressing key handling, options, and visual presentation, suggesting a dedication to ensuring the quality and maintainability of the Accordion component within the library.
user-interfacejavascriptjquery
jquery/jquery-wp-content
Dec 2011 - Sep 2016
WordPress themes and plugins for the jQuery sites
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:517 commits, 22 PRs, 52 pushes in 4 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Scott primarily contributed to a WordPress theme for a jQuery plugin registry, focusing on both front-end and back-end development. Their work included adding shortcodes for displaying plugin metadata and version information, which involved modifying PHP functions and creating new page templates. The user also implemented the integration of an external ad service and modified styling and other UI elements across the site.
jquerywordpresssiteswordpress-themesthemes
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