David A.

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Seattle, WA, USA17 yrs 10 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Proven track record in engineering leadership.
Expertise in building and scaling engineering teams.
Strong focus on culture and cognitive diversity.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS Engineering Leader with a focus on team building and product strategy.

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I'm an experienced Engineering Leader with a strong track record of building teams, innovating, and developing product strategy. I've held various engineering roles over the years and love working in groups that put a high value on culture, cognitive diversity, and the intersection of technical and business problems. While I'm an engineer at heart, I tend to wear multiple hats and am driven by the constant pursuit of learning from those around me...which is why I believe in always hiring.

Experience

17 yrs 10 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 3 mos

Average Tenure

7 mos

Current Experience

Airtable

Chief Technology Officer

Oct 2025 – Present · 7 mos

Openai

Head of Engineering, ChatGPT Business Products

Jun 2024 – Oct 2025 · 1 yr 4 mos

Head of engineering for ChatGPT Business Products (Team, EDU & Enterprise); Site Lead for OpenAI Seattle.

Doordash

Senior Director of Engineering

Oct 2020 – Jun 2024 · 3 yrs 8 mos

Head of Merchant Engineering.
Led a distributed team of 300 engineers supporting several business lines (US Restaurants, Drive, Storefront, Voice AI, BBot & DoorDash for Business).
Seattle Site Lead, responsible for growing the office from inception to ~600 employees.
Member of the executive management team.

Uber

Director of Engineering

Sep 2017 – Oct 2020 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Seattle, Washington

Head of Driver Engineering; senior member of the Seattle leadership team.
Led a distributed team of ~200 engineers responsible for all of the tech that drives the supply side of Uber's marketplace. This includes the Uber Driver app (used by ride-sharing drivers and eats couriers) as well as the suite of enterprise tools used by Uber’s fleet and rental partners worldwide. This tech enables the largest workforce in the world to earn on the Uber platform.
Previously ran the engineering teams responsible for building Uber's tech for airports + live events, scheduled rides and the line of premium products (Uber Black, Uber SUV).

Microsoft

2 roles

Principal Group Engineering Manager

Promoted

Sep 2013 – Sep 2017 · 4 yrs

Group Engineering Manager, Developer Tools (Visual Studio Team Services). Areas of ownership included Package Management + Code Sharing (built the service 0 -> 1), Code Search & Reporting Experiences.