rrmckinley / pythonvscode

Python support for Visual Studio Code

Richard McKinley

Software Engineer

San Diego, CA

email: [email protected]

Work Experience

Stealth Mode Startup

Sep 2021 to Present

Development of low-code framework for GraphQL integrations. Decentralized contract development

Stack

• TypeScript
• NextJS
• GraphQL
• PostgreSQL
• SQLite
• Ethers

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LeMond

Aug 2020 to Sep 2021

Development of ecommerce system for carbon fiber bicycles

Stack

• Stripe
• TypeScript
• NextJS
• GraphQL
• PostgreSQL

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Reddit, Inc

Apr 2014 to Jun 2019

For over five years I worked on key features and services at Reddit. During that time Reddit grew from 120M to over 330M monthly active users.

Programming Languages

• Python
• TypeScript
• JavaScript
• Java
• SQL

Databases

• Cassandra
• PostgreSQL
• MySQL

Platforms and Specialization

• GraphQL
• React
• Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform
• Memcached, Redis
• Kubernetes, Docker, Containerd, LDX
• Thrift
• Django

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if(we)

Nov 2011 to Apr 2014

At if(we) (previously named Tagged) I managed engineers and wrote software for data science, analytics, and machine learning systems to power data-driven decisions. I applied big data principles to analyze a dataset growing at a rate of over 1.5TB a day

Programming Languages

• Java, Scala, Kotlin
• Haskell
• Python
• JavaScript
• PHP
• SQL

Databases

• Oracle
• PostgreSQL
• HBase
• LevelDB

Specialization

• Apache Spark
• Data science and analytics
• Engineering management
• Open source project management

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RatedAgent

Aug 2006 to Nov 2011

At RatedAgent I directed all software engineering and IT efforts to build a platform for trusted consumer reviews in the the real estate industry.

• C#
• Java
• JavaScript
• SQL

Databases

• Microsoft SQL Server

Platforms and Specialization

• ASP.NET

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Education

Utah Valley University

National University

Senior project on graph storage and materialized paths in relational database systems