David Graham

Software Engineer

Denver, Colorado, United States24 yrs 11 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 20 years of software development experience.
Led technology at a startup as an executive.
Mentored teammates and taught university courses.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS-focused software engineer with extensive experience in web development and team leadership.

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Skills

Core Skills

Software DevelopmentArchitectureWeb DevelopmentDatabase Design

Other Skills

RubyXMPPJ2EEDB2JavaScriptRuby on RailsUser Interface DesignRESTSQLJavaCSSjQueryJSON

About

I've been writing software for over 20 years, managed teams shipping highly visible features, and worked at the executive level leading technology at a startup. I mentor teammates and teach university courses to work with students with backgrounds different from my own. I build accessible software because products must be designed for everyone. I value working within a team because consequential products can only be built together.

Experience

24 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 4 mos

Average Tenure

5 yrs 4 mos

Current Experience

Planetscale

Software Engineer

Jan 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 4 mos

University of colorado boulder

Lecturer

Jan 2015 – May 2017 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Boulder, Colorado, United States

2015 — CSCI 1310 Computer Science 1
2016 — CSCI 3308 Software Methods & Tools
2017 — CSCI 3308 Software Methods & Tools

Github

Staff Software Engineer

May 2012 – Dec 2020 · 8 yrs 7 mos · Greater Denver Area

I helped make github.com a little more wonderful every day.

Negative code

Founder

Mar 2011 – May 2012 · 1 yr 2 mos · Greater Denver Area

Designed and built the Vines XMPP chat server in Ruby.

RubyXMPPSoftware DevelopmentArchitecture

Hp

Software Engineer VII

Sep 2010 – Mar 2011 · 6 mos

Responsible for integrating the acquired Stratavia technology with HP Server Automation.

Stratavia

2 roles

Vice President, Engineering

Oct 2008 – Sep 2010 · 1 yr 11 mos

As a member of the executive team, I was responsible for all product design, technology, and strategic architectural decisions. I led the technical due diligence process for the HP acquisition of Stratavia.

Chief Software Architect

Dec 2003 – Sep 2010 · 6 yrs 9 mos

Designed and built a scalable, web-services-based, data center automation product for enterprises. Responsible for user experience design, including interface and interaction design. Recruited and retained start-up caliber engineers while building a unique company culture.

Ibm

Software Engineer

Jan 2002 – Nov 2003 · 1 yr 10 mos

Led development of J2EE web application and database redesign effort that saved our team over $300,000 in hosting costs. Redesigned large DB2 databases for normalization and performance. Taught team members object-oriented design principles and design patterns.

Apache software foundation

Software Engineer

Oct 2001 – Nov 2003 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Committer on several projects, including Struts, Commons DbUtils, and Commons Validator. Contributed a significant amount of code, bug fixes, and user support. Informally voted MVP of the Struts 1.1 release.

J2EEDB2Web DevelopmentDatabase Design

Leeds school of business / university of colorado

Software Engineer

Apr 2001 – Dec 2001 · 8 mos

Dynamic web page development using ColdFusion scripting. Designed and implemented new database systems for web applications. Migrated the production database and application from Access to SQL Server.