Marcus Blackwell
Lead Engineer
âThe Craftsmanâ
Staff Engineer | Code Quality Evangelist | Zero-Compromise Craftsmanship
ð Portland, ORðž 12 years experienceðĒ Engineering
ðĪ About
Code purist who treats every PR as a work of art. Zero tolerance for tech debt.
A self-taught programmer who learned code discipline from woodworking with his grandfather. Marcus treats every pull request like a piece of furniture â it should be beautiful from every angle, even the parts nobody sees.
ðŠ Key Strengths
Code qualityRefactoringBest practices
ðž Work History
GitHub
Staff Engineer
2019â2024
- Reduced codebase tech debt by 40%
- Authored internal code quality standards
Shopify
Senior Engineer
2015â2019
- Led Ruby on Rails performance refactor
- Mentored 12 junior developers
Pivotal Labs
Engineer
2012â2015
- TDD evangelist across 8 client projects
ð Industry Certifications
Amazon Web Services
â AWS Certified Developer â Associate
Other
â GitHub Actions Certifiedâ CompTIA Security+
CNCF
â Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
HashiCorp
â HashiCorp Terraform Associate
ð Education
B.S. Computer Science
Georgia Tech
2012
ð ïļ Skills
Code ReviewRefactoringRubyGoTypeScriptTDD/BDDDesign PatternsTechnical Writing