Joel Marcey
Director Of Technology at Rust Foundation
Folsom, California, United States
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Top SchoolJoel Marcey is Director of Technology at the Rust Foundation and a seasoned software leader combining over a decade of engineering, advocacy and operations experience. He co-created Docusaurus and previously led open source developer advocacy at Facebook/Meta, contributing to flagship projects like React Native, Buck, PyTorch, RocksDB and Flow with a focus on documentation, tooling and developer experience. A longtime technical writer and standards wonk, Joel has edited international specifications (CLI/ECMA/ISO) and brings standards, localization and documentation automation into large-scale open source workflows. He blends hands-on full‑stack and backend work with strategic program delivery—often improving accessibility, search, and automated doc generation across major repos.
12 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University
English
Stackoverflow
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15answers
4questions
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Github Skills (82)
documentations10
python10
web-development10
fluentd10
markdown10
javascript10
type-check10
algolia10
async10
internationalization10
localization10
front-end-development10
html10
rust10
test-automation10
Programming languages (35)
Github contributions (5)
hhvm/user-documentation
Jul 2015 - Jul 2017
Documentation for those that use HHVM and write Hack code.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:854 commits, 54 PRs, 829 pushes in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Joel primarily contributed to the documentation of the HHVM (HipHop Virtual Machine) project, focusing on its features and usage. They added new documentation pages and examples related to asynchronous programming concepts, including asynchronous curl requests, wait handles, and other asynchronous features. Furthermore, the user expanded the documentation with examples involving MySQL and McRouter. They also added examples for testing and explained how to use the various documentation files correctly.
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facebook/docusaurus
Jul 2017 - Jan 2021
Easy to maintain open source documentation websites.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:19 releases, 16 reviews, 295 commits in 3 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Joel primarily contributed to the frontend and configuration aspects of the Docusaurus project. They implemented features like custom domain support, integrated Algolia search, and added various visual elements and content to the landing page. Furthermore, the user worked on accessibility improvements and updated the site configuration to include new features and user showcases. Their work demonstrates a focus on enhancing the user experience and functionality of the documentation website.
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