Joel Marcey
Co-creator of Docusaurus 🦖 Former Rust Foundation Director of Technology, Meta/Facebook Staff Developer Advocate, Microsoft Consultant, IntelSoftware Engineer and Standards Representative.
Professional Summary
I am the co-creator of Docusaurus with nearly 30 years across management, software engineering, developer documentation, advocacy, open source, and programming-language standards. I have a proven track record in building developer communities, creating and supporting widely-adopted open source projects. I led the development and editing of programming language specifications in organizations such as Ecma International. Most recently I directed engineering as the Rust Foundation's Director of Technology.
Standards and Specification Summary
I have been active in programming language standards and specification work for over 20 years, while serving in various leadership roles across multiple organizations. My main participation has been in Ecma International, where I received an Ecma Recognition Award in 2022 for my services and dedication to standardization work within the organization.
Career Arc
Rust Foundation, Director of Technology, 2022 - 2026Led technology and engineering at the Rust Foundation. Supported technical programs, initiatives and engineers. Drove strategic technical programs to support the Rust Project, help ensure the Rust ecosystem is secure and deliver an exceptional developer experience. Managed and supported multiple full-time and contracted engineers across security, infrastructure, ecosystem support, and language interoperability. True to my engineering nature, remained as technical as possible even as a director, including being a member of the crates.io oncall rotation. Joined as one of the Foundation's first four employees and helped grow the staff into a double-digit team.Facebook/Meta, Staff Developer Advocate, 2015 - 2022Developer advocate and engineer on the open source team at Facebook, focusing on programming languages and developer tools. As part of Facebook's open source program, helped create and grow a vibrant open source community, with quality projects. Co-created and helped maintain Docusaurus, an easy way for open source projects to create a website and documentation.Facebook, Technical Writer, 2013-2015Technical Writing and software engineer on the Hack programming language and HHVM, a runtime for Hack and PHP. Both Hack and HHVM were core infrastructure for facebook.com running at scale.Microsoft, Technical Writing Contractor, 2008-2012Editor of the CLI (Common Language Infrastructure) specification, an Ecma/ISO international standard based on Microsoft's .NET runtime called the CLR (Common Language Runtime).RF Micro Devices, Software Engineer, 2006-2007Data Systems Engineering providing software tools written in .NET and using SQL Server to aid in the design and testing of RFMD product lines.Intel, Software Engineer and Standards Representative, 1997-2006Software engineer in IT, corporate Java support, C# and CLI standards representative for Intel in Ecma.