Sean Lang
Senior Software Engineer at theScore
Valdosta, Georgia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSean Lang is a senior software engineer with 14 years of experience designing backend systems and data analysis applications, currently building scalable services at theScore. He favors Elixir and Python and brings a strong practical background in both backend architecture and full-stack maintenance, having modernized plugins and tooling across WordPress, Node.js, and front-end build systems. Sean has shipped production features and compatibility work for well-used open-source projects—contributing to WP Sync DB media sync, Pug, and Stylus tooling—demonstrating attention to compatibility, refactoring, and build-time improvements. Previously a senior architect at RokkinCat and a freelance web developer, he pairs hands-on coding with system-level thinking, often improving developer experience and long-term maintainability. Based in Valdosta, Georgia, he combines product-focused delivery with a knack for unglamorous but critical fixes that keep systems reliable.
14 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Waukesha North HighschoolSoftware Engineering, Software Engineering at Milwaukee School of Engineering
English
Github Skills (28)
ajax10
javascript10
preprocessing10
coffeescript10
preprocess10
plugin-development10
testing10
wordpress10
css10
template-engine10
stylus10
php10
front-end-development10
preprocessor10
nodejs10
Programming languages (23)
Github contributions (5)
wp-sync-db/wp-sync-db
Dec 2013 - Aug 2018
A WordPress plugin that lets you push, pull, and sync database tables between WordPress installations.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:100 commits, 7 PRs, 26 pushes in 4 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Sean primarily focused on updating the codebase with significant CSS and JavaScript changes. These updates involved refactoring and adding new features to both the front-end (styles.css) and back-end (script.js) aspects of the WP Sync DB plugin. They also removed deprecated functionality and updated the plugin to the latest version, suggesting a focus on maintenance and improvement of the user interface and overall functionality. The commits also involved removing external dependencies and updating assets.
pushsyncwordpressinstallationsdatabase-sync
wp-sync-db/wp-sync-db-media-files
Dec 2013 - Aug 2016
Sync media libraries between WordPress installations - an addon for wp-sync-db
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:33 commits, 2 PRs, 6 pushes in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Sean primarily contributed to the development of a WordPress plugin designed to sync media files between WordPress installations. Their work involved creating core functionalities like determining which media files to migrate, handling both pull and push requests, and managing the download/upload processes. The commits demonstrate the implementation of AJAX handlers, data serialization, and file manipulation within the WordPress environment. The user also made improvements to the plugin's versioning and compatibility.
syncwordpressinstallationsdb-syncaddon
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