Marcus Blackwell
Lead Engineer
“The Craftsman”
Staff Engineer | Code Quality Evangelist | Zero-Compromise Craftsmanship
📍 Portland, OR💼 12 years experience🏢 Engineering
👤 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 — it should be beautiful from every angle, even the parts nobody sees.
💪 Key Strengths
Code qualityRefactoringBest practices
💼 Work History
GitHub
Staff Engineer
2019–2024
- Reduced codebase tech debt by 40%
- Authored internal code quality standards
Shopify
Senior Engineer
2015–2019
- Led Ruby on Rails performance refactor
- Mentored 12 junior developers
Pivotal Labs
Engineer
2012–2015
- TDD evangelist across 8 client projects
🏅 Industry Certifications
Amazon Web Services
✓ AWS Certified Developer – Associate
Other
✓ GitHub Actions Certified✓ CompTIA Security+
CNCF
✓ Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
HashiCorp
✓ HashiCorp Terraform Associate
🎓 Education
B.S. Computer Science
Georgia Tech
2012
🛠️ Skills
Code ReviewRefactoringRubyGoTypeScriptTDD/BDDDesign PatternsTechnical Writing