David Thomason Email & Phone Number

Oakdale, Ca, Us

United States

United States

- Lead the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) for large epics, overseeing design, UI/API implementation, and maintenance using React Native, TypeScript, NodeJS, PostgreSQL, and Maestro- Build a Minimum Viable Product that is cross compatible between web, Android and IOS Mobile devices- Determine the optimal development stack, aiming for an early time-to-market while also achieving cost savings of 20% or more compared to the anticipated average

- Led the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) for large epics, overseeing design, UI/API implementation, and maintenance using TypeScript, Material UI, Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, and Cypress- Achieved “Best Tech Initiative of the Year” award for introducing and migrating legacy code to Ruby on Rails, following TDD best practices, which led to 98% code coverage and eliminated 100% of API bugs- Improved the local development experience for faster spin up time, a less complicated configuration, as well as automatic network change abilities. Overall improvement by 80%- Mentored two junior developers to mid-level, fostering autonomy and clear career progression through targeted guidance and skill development

- Successfully balanced roles as a Full Stack Developer, evenly splitting focus between frontend and backend to release over 50 major features into production environments- Implemented a real-time experience using Action Cable serving 100,000+ students and teachers every day- Involved in architectural decisions of the CI/CD pipeline using Kubernetes, Helm, Azure DevOps, and AWS- Prevented 1,000’s of bugs by building, and later handing off automated tests in the CI/CD pipeline

- Greatly reduced AWS costs by 70% by leading implementation of the company’s CI/CD pipeline using Cloud Architectures such as Kubernetes, Helm, Docker, and Azure DevOps- Built a fully customized performance testing tool that emulates over 500k+ students and teachers in real time and reducing costs by 80%- Mentored four other DevOps Engineers and lowered key-man risk by pairing and sharing knowledge

- Closely involved with ISP networking teams such as Comcast, Cox, and Time Warner in order to carefully plan then implement our cutting edge network appliance- Greatly utilize the OSI Networking Layer in order to write up proposals for incorporating our product into ISP’s core networking infrastructure- Increased profits by 25% by providing creative, non-disruptive solutions for complex networking issues- Contributed to the company knowledge base by documenting and training regularly

Network Support

Activities and Societies: Received the following Certifications while attending: A+, Network +

Associates, Music Composition

Activities and Societies: Awarded Celebration of Humanities in Electronic Music Composition