Casey Muller
Software Engineer at Y Combinator
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCasey Muller is a seasoned software engineer with 16 years of experience spanning media research, games, and the Internet. He is currently at Y Combinator in San Francisco, focusing on backend engineering and developer tooling, with a track record that includes founder roles at Bevel and Jamglue. He has led engineering teams as a Software Engineering Manager at Facebook and contributed significantly to Quip, among other startups, demonstrating both leadership and hands-on delivery. In open-source and API work, he contributed to the Quip API in Python, adding a get_blob method, WordPress integration examples, and spreadsheet helpers. His academic foundation is strong, with multiple MIT degrees in computer and electrical science and media studies, complemented by research stints at MIT Media Lab and NYU. Based in San Francisco, Casey blends research-driven insight with production-grade engineering to bridge media, data, and scalable software.
16 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Sc.B., Comparative Media Studies, Sc.B., Comparative Media Studies at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPhD (dropped out), Computer Science, PhD (dropped out), Computer Science at New York UniversityY Combinator
Github Skills (7)
api-doc10
api10
python10
urllib210
xml8
http-request8
http-requests8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
quip/quip-api
Apr 2014 - Mar 2016
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:25 commits, 3 PRs, 8 pushes in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Casey contributed significantly to the `quip-api` repository by implementing features in the Python codebase. They added a `get_blob` method to the Python library, demonstrating an understanding of API interaction. The user also worked on example applications, specifically WordPress integration, supporting image uploads and other features. Additionally, they implemented helper methods for spreadsheets.
apirest-api-automationrest-automationautomationquip
caseymrm/menuet
Apr 2018 - Jan 2020
Go library to create menubar apps- programs that live only in OSX's NSStatusBar
Contributions:2 releases, 108 commits, 3 PRs in 1 year 10 months
golangosxgo-librarymenubarprograms
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