Trevor Hinesley
Co-Founder & CTO at Soundstripe
Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee, United States
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Top SchoolTrevor Hinesley is a founder-turned-CTO with 12 years of full-stack web engineering experience who co-founded Soundstripe and scaled it from a bedroom startup to an Inc. 5000-fast-growth company and nearly $15M in funding. He began as a solo developer and evolved into a player-coach, building and now leading an engineering organization that partners tightly with product to serve creators. Technically rooted in Ruby/Rails, Trevor has contributed to notable open-source projects—improving Stripe mocks and extending fast_jsonapi serializers—that reflect a focus on robust back-end integrations and reliable testing. His background as a touring rock guitarist-turned-freelancer shaped a knack for delivering mission-critical, high-traffic products on tight deadlines and unconventional schedules. Based in Nashville, he blends entrepreneurial grit, hands-on engineering, and a creator-first product sensibility.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Computer Science and Audio Engineering, Bachelor of Science Computer Science and Audio Engineering at Belmont University
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Github Skills (24)
json10
ruby-rails10
stripe10
api-design10
testing10
rspec10
rails10
object-oriented-programming10
ruby10
restful-api9
api-rest9
apidoc9
api9
rest-api9
javascript8
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
Netflix/fast_jsonapi
Jun 2018 - Jul 2018
No Longer Maintained - A lightning fast JSON:API serializer for Ruby Objects.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits, 3 PRs, 25 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Trevor primarily focused on refactoring and extending the functionality of the `fast_jsonapi` library. They refactored the attribute serialization process by introducing an `AttributeSerializer` class and subsequently renaming it to `Attribute`. They also implemented conditional attributes and relationships based on record or parameter data. Furthermore, the user ensured that parameters are passed to nested includes for more flexible serialization logic.
apijsonapilightningrubyjson-api-serializer
stripe-ruby-mock/stripe-ruby-mock
Mar 2015 - Jan 2016
A mocking library for testing stripe ruby
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:22 commits, 3 PRs, 12 comments in 10 months
Contributions summary:Trevor contributed to the stripe-ruby-mock library by implementing features related to mocking Stripe API behavior. Their work included modifying and adding methods for handling card objects, invoices, and charges within the mock environment. They also updated specs to reflect the changes. The commits show a focus on accurately simulating Stripe API responses and functionalities.
stripetestingrubymockingmocking-library
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