I'm a dynamic Senior Software Developer with over 11 years of hands-on experience designing and implementing scalable web applications and backend services. I specialize in building robust APIs with Node.js, Express.js, Java/Spring Boot, and C#.NET, and I enjoy integrating third-party vendor systems to deliver end-to-end solutions. I love crafting user-friendly interfaces with React and Next.js, and I leverage cloud-native architectures on AWS and Azure, DevOps practices, CI/CD, and Kubernetes to ensure high availability. I'm passionate about mentoring teammates and exploring emerging technologies to drive innovative, business-driven software.

David Danon Sr.

I'm a dynamic Senior Software Developer with over 11 years of hands-on experience designing and implementing scalable web applications and backend services. I specialize in building robust APIs with Node.js, Express.js, Java/Spring Boot, and C#.NET, and I enjoy integrating third-party vendor systems to deliver end-to-end solutions. I love crafting user-friendly interfaces with React and Next.js, and I leverage cloud-native architectures on AWS and Azure, DevOps practices, CI/CD, and Kubernetes to ensure high availability. I'm passionate about mentoring teammates and exploring emerging technologies to drive innovative, business-driven software.

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I’m a dynamic Senior Software Developer with over 11 years of hands-on experience designing and implementing scalable web applications and backend services. I specialize in building robust APIs with Node.js, Express.js, Java/Spring Boot, and C#.NET, and I enjoy integrating third-party vendor systems to deliver end-to-end solutions.

I love crafting user-friendly interfaces with React and Next.js, and I leverage cloud-native architectures on AWS and Azure, DevOps practices, CI/CD, and Kubernetes to ensure high availability. I’m passionate about mentoring teammates and exploring emerging technologies to drive innovative, business-driven software.

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Work Experience

Senior ML/Data Engineer at Relive
September 1, 2025 - October 3, 2025
Deployed and optimized ML pipelines on AWS (Lambda, EMR, EC2, EKS, S3) for structured and unstructured data at scale. Designed CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions + Docker/Kubernetes, automating deployments of ML models into production. Implemented ML monitoring solutions (Grafana, CloudWatch, Datadog), improving observability and uptime. Collaborated with data scientists to package, containerize, and deploy computer vision and NLP models to AWS EKS. Improved throughput of real-time ingestion pipelines (Kafka, SQS, PySpark) by 20%, enabling faster model inference.
Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Made In Moon
April 1, 2022 - October 3, 2025
Delivered end-to-end Spark pipelines on Databricks and AWS, handling petabyte-scale data for personalization and analytics. Designed batch + streaming ETL jobs with PySpark, Airflow, and Delta Lake, reducing data latency from 12h to near real-time. Built data catalogs and metadata management solutions improving data discoverability and governance. Integrated Kafka, SQS, and Kinesis for event-driven architecture and streaming ingestion. Partnered with product and analytics teams to deliver high-quality, production-ready data pipelines supporting ML workloads. Built FastAPI/Next.js internal tools, containerized with Docker and deployed with Kubernetes Helm charts. Implemented Chain-of-Thought prompting to improve LLM reasoning in customer support tasks. Led development of vector search retrieval systems using FAISS and BERT embeddings.
Machine Learning Engineer at Premium Electric Inc
October 1, 2018 - October 3, 2025
Built emotion and sentiment analysis frameworks deployed as Dockerized microservices on Kubernetes. Implemented ML-driven genomic sequence analysis using Java and PyTorch, containerized with Docker. Automated deployment using Docker and GitLabCI, reducing manual errors by 35%. Built multi-camera tracking and detection system using TensorFlow, OpenCV, deployed via Docker/Kubernetes. Developed a comprehensive suite of automated deployment scripts using Docker and GitLabCI, enabling consistent deployment environments and reducing deployment-related issues by 35%.
Software Engineer at GRID Alternatives
February 1, 2015 - October 3, 2025
Supported the development of a Python-based analytic tool for internal performance metrics, incorporating basic ML algorithms like regression models and ensemble models to predict future trends in company operations. Established a machine learning pipeline for shelf item detection and classification with PyTorch, OpenCV and CNN. Contributed to a Python-based project exploring advanced NLP techniques for understanding natural language queries, aiming to improve search engine accuracy and user experience. Contributed to the creation and management of Oracle databases, developing SQL scripts and procedures to support research data analysis.
Senior ML/Data Engineer at Relive
September 1, 2025 - October 23, 2025
Deployed and optimized ML pipelines on AWS (Lambda, EMR, EC2, EKS, S3) for structured and unstructured data at scale. Designed CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions + Docker/Kubernetes, automating deployments of ML models into production. Implemented ML monitoring solutions (Grafana, CloudWatch, Datadog), improving observability and uptime. Collaborated with data scientists to package, containerize, and deploy computer vision and NLP models to AWS EKS. Improved throughput of real-time ingestion pipelines (Kafka, SQS, PySpark) by 20%, enabling faster model inference. Spearheaded the evaluation and adoption of Microsoft Fabric as the unified analytics platform, consolidating data engineering, data science, and business intelligence workloads from separate AWS and Databricks environments into a single Azure tenant. Designed and implemented end-to-end data solutions within Microsoft Fabric, utilizing Data Factory for orchestration, Spark notebooks in Synapse Data Engineering for large-scale
Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Made In Moon
April 1, 2022 - October 23, 2025
Delivered end-to-end Spark pipelines on Databricks and AWS, handling petabyte-scale data for personalization and analytics. Designed batch + streaming ETL jobs with PySpark, Airflow, and Delta Lake, reducing data latency from 12h to near real-time. Built data catalogs and metadata management solutions improving data discoverability and governance. Integrated Kafka, SQS, and Kin esis for event-driven architecture and streaming ingestion. Partnered with product and analytics teams to deliver high-quality, production-ready data pipelines supporting ML workloads. Built FastAPI/Next.js internal tools, containerized with Docker and deployed with Kubernetes Helm charts. Implemented Chain-of-Thought prompting to improve LLM reasoning in customer support tasks. Led development of vector search retrieval systems using FAISS and BERT embeddings.
Machine Learning Engineer at Premium Electric Inc
October 1, 2018 - October 23, 2025
Built emotion and sentiment analysis frameworks deployed as Dockerized microservices on Kubernetes. Implemented ML-driven genomic sequence analysis using Java and PyTorch, containerized with Docker. Automated deployment using Docker and GitLabCI, reducing manual errors by 35%. Built multi-camera tracking and detection system using TensorFlow, OpenCV, deployed via Docker/Kubernetes. Developed automated deployment scripts using Docker and GitLabCI to ensure consistent deployment environments and reduce deployment-related issues.
Software Engineer at GRID Alternatives
February 1, 2015 - October 23, 2025
Supported development of a Python-based analytic tool for internal performance metrics, incorporating basic ML algorithms like regression models and ensemble models to predict future trends in company operations. Established a machine learning pipeline for shelf item detection and classification with PyTorch, OpenCV and CNN. Contributed to a Python-based NLP project to improve search query understanding and user experience. Created and managed Oracle databases, developing SQL scripts and procedures to support research data analysis.
Senior Software Developer at Relive
September 1, 2025 - October 24, 2025
Developed robust backend services using Node.js and Express.js, built high-performance, scalable systems; integrated GraphQL APIs to streamline frontend-backend communication (reducing API calls by ~30%); engineered SSR with React.js and Next.js for improved SEO and load times; designed GraphQL resolvers to fetch and transform data from multiple sources; integrated third-party vendor systems for real-time data exchange; optimized GraphQL subscriptions for real-time updates; used TypeScript for reusable components and strong typing; integrated AWS Lambda for serverless scaling; deployed services with Kubernetes for high availability and auto-scaling; implemented secure Express.js middleware for routing and API management.
FullStack Engineer at Tutor the People, LLC
April 1, 2022 - October 24, 2025
Built cloud-native backend services with Node.js and Express.js; migrated from REST to GraphQL, reducing data over-fetching and improving API performance by ~25%; implemented complex GraphQL schemas and resolvers; developed React.js/Next.js front-ends with GraphQL data loading; implemented secure authentication/authorization middleware; leveraged GraphQL subscriptions for real-time features; collaborated with frontend teams to introduce TypeScript for safer, maintainable components.
Software Engineer at Tech Savvy Inc
October 1, 2018 - October 24, 2025
Developed backend services using Node.js and Express.js; transitioned REST to GraphQL with optimized resolvers; led third-party vendor integrations; created reusable React components with GraphQL support; implemented server-side rendering using Next.js for performance and SEO; built secure, scalable APIs to support mobile and web apps; implemented GraphQL subscriptions for real-time features; collaborated on full-stack solutions with Node.js, React.js, and GraphQL.
Software Engineer at GRID Alternatives
February 1, 2015 - October 24, 2025
Developed frontend applications with HTML/CSS/JavaScript and migrated to React.js for improved performance; contributed to backend services with Node.js, Express.js, and MongoDB; designed RESTful APIs and middleware for authentication/authorization; implemented real-time features with Socket.io; used Next.js for server-side rendering to improve SEO; managed Kubernetes-based deployments; applied DevOps practices with Ansible and automated testing with Selenium.
Senior Software Developer at Relive
September 1, 2025 - September 1, 2025
Led development of robust backend services with Node.js and Express, designing 12+ scalable microservices using Java 22, Spring Boot, and Spring Cloud. Implemented GraphQL APIs and resolvers, integrated third-party vendor systems for real-time data exchange, and delivered a custom online tutoring platform using C#.NET. Spearheaded Kubernetes deployments, Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines, and ensured high availability with 99.99% uptime.
FullStack Engineer at Tutor the People, LLC
April 1, 2022 - April 1, 2022
Built cloud-native backends with Node.js/Express and GraphQL; migrated REST to GraphQL for complex client queries; designed and maintained web apps with React.js and Next.js; implemented secure authentication middleware; enabled real-time features via GraphQL subscriptions; migrated legacy .NET modules to .NET 6 to improve maintainability.
Software Engineer at Tech Savvy Inc
October 1, 2018 - October 1, 2018
Developed backend services with Node.js/Express.js; transitioned from REST to GraphQL; built a financial transaction platform using Spring Boot, Angular, and PostgreSQL handling 5M+ monthly transactions; created e-commerce APIs with Java 8, Spring MVC, and Hibernate; built secure API services with Node.js and implemented GraphQL subscriptions; collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver full-stack solutions.
Software Engineer at GRID Alternatives
February 1, 2015 - February 1, 2015
Developed frontend apps with HTML/CSS/JavaScript and React.js; contributed to backend services with Node.js/Express.js and MongoDB, designed RESTful APIs; implemented real-time features with Socket.io; migrated legacy .NET to .NET 6; managed Kubernetes for deployment and scaling; implemented DevOps practices with Ansible and Selenium; assisted in product launches and user onboarding.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science at Los Angeles Trade Technical College
January 11, 2030 - March 1, 2016
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science at Los Angeles Trade Technical College
January 11, 2030 - March 1, 2016
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science at Los Angeles Trade Technical College
January 11, 2030 - March 1, 2016
Bachelor of Degree in Computer Science at Los Angeles Trade Technical College
January 11, 2030 - March 1, 2016

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Computers & Electronics