Seth Rubenstein
Head Of Engineering at Pew Research Center
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Top SchoolSeth Rubenstein is a seasoned engineering leader with 11 years of experience building and guiding WordPress-focused teams, currently serving as Head of Engineering at Pew Research Center. A long-time Gutenberg and React evangelist, he has progressed from hands-on WordPress development and LMS creation to leading platform strategy and delivery for a major research organization. Seth combines deep open-source engagement with pragmatic product engineering, having spent a decade shaping editorial and publishing systems at Pew and prior nonprofits. Based in Washington, D.C., he brings a user-centered approach to CMS architecture and developer experience, while still enjoying the technical craft—he’s known internally for championing modern front-end workflows and community contributions. Off-hours he’s a Buffalo wing connoisseur and avid cyclist and photographer, traits that reflect his attention to detail and appetite for exploration.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Political Science, Bachelor of Science, Political Science at University of South Carolina Upstate
Spanish, Russian
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Github Skills (72)
metadata10
gutenberg10
opengraph10
seo10
wordpress10
meta-tags10
yoast10
xml-sitemap10
syndication10
plugin10
schema-org10
php10
wordpress-plugin10
structured-data10
management9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
pewresearch/gutenberg
May 2023 - Apr 2025
Contributions:6 PRs, 80 pushes, 17 branches in 1 year 10 months
pewresearch/block-library-core-blocks
Aug 2022 - Nov 2022
Contributions:66 commits, 61 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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