River Lynn Bailey

Portrait of River Lynn Bailey
Person An icon of a human figure Status
Double Agent
Hash An icon of a hash sign Code Name
Agent 0069
Location An icon of a map marker Location
Waco, TX

Her mission

(she chose to accept it)
Move sustainably and build great software
“
[River] made me a better engineer, showing me what it means to do something right, instead of rushing and cutting corners to meet a deadline. She was always concerned with the integrity of our code and wasn't afraid to speak up when something was wrong, very complicated, or a risk.
Engineering Lead
PGA

Recent Deployments

Upgrade
Ruby and Rails upgrades
Robot
Building CI/CD pipelines
Inclusive
Equity, diversity & inclusion work
Crane
Improving code architecture

Tools & Tradecraft

Rails, JS, React

Database design

Code architecture

Technical leadership

API design

Noteworthy Achievements

Migrate large systems through Ruby and Rails versions with zero downtime
Rebuild CI and CD pipeline, improving speed and reliability while reducing costs
Tech lead for migrating critical features from REST API to GraphQL API
Architect and build a batch processing system w/ distributed workers
Automate Ruby gem deprecations with suggested changes and migration guides
Restructure code to improve maintainability and allow for new features

Reports from the Field

  2. Profile: River Lynn Bailey

    Meet the awesome humans behind Test Double’s mission to build great software and great teams. In this edition, find out more about River Lynn Bailey.
    Time An icon of a clock Publish Date
    May 10, 2021
    Person An icon of a human figure Authors
    River Lynn Bailey
    Cathy Colliver
    Category An icon of a paper organzier Categories
    Our Company

  4. The impact of language in tech

    I had a bit of an "aha!" moment recently as I was writing a message about a sensitive subject in a Slack channel. I wanted to use a few specific words to talk about how my post might be "misunderstood" or "misinterpreted." A moment before I sent the message, though, I realized I was about to step into dangerous territory.
    Time An icon of a clock Publish Date
    August 25, 2020
    Person An icon of a human figure Authors
    River Lynn Bailey
    Category An icon of a paper organzier Categories
    Equity and Inclusion

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