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I’m a Senior Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience building enterprise-grade internal platforms across defense and telecommunications/data intelligence sectors. I specialize in scalable web applications, RESTful API design, data pipeline automation, and containerized deployments. I’m passionate about delivering production systems with high uptime, fast API responses, and strong compliance practices, and I enjoy collaborating across cross-functional teams to turn complex problems into reliable solutions. In my roles at Neustar and Northrop Grumman, I’ve focused on building robust platforms that support identity operations, data intelligence, and asset tracking, while emphasizing security, observability, and performance. I thrive in fast-paced environments and take pride in maintainable code, thoughtful architecture, and continuous improvement.…I’m a Senior Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience building enterprise-grade internal platforms across defense and telecommunications/data intelligence sectors. I specialize in scalable web applications, RESTful API design, data pipeline automation, and containerized deployments. I’m passionate about delivering production systems with high uptime, fast API responses, and strong compliance practices, and I enjoy collaborating across cross-functional teams to turn complex problems into reliable solutions. In my roles at Neustar and Northrop Grumman, I’ve focused on building robust platforms that support identity operations, data intelligence, and asset tracking, while emphasizing security, observability, and performance. I thrive in fast-paced environments and take pride in maintainable code, thoughtful architecture, and continuous improvement.

David Pearson

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I’m a Senior Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience building enterprise-grade internal platforms across defense and telecommunications/data intelligence sectors. I specialize in scalable web applications, RESTful API design, data pipeline automation, and containerized deployments. I’m passionate about delivering production systems with high uptime, fast API responses, and strong compliance practices, and I enjoy collaborating across cross-functional teams to turn complex problems into reliable solutions. In my roles at Neustar and Northrop Grumman, I’ve focused on building robust platforms that support identity operations, data intelligence, and asset tracking, while emphasizing security, observability, and performance. I thrive in fast-paced environments and take pride in maintainable code, thoughtful architecture, and continuous improvement.…I’m a Senior Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience building enterprise-grade internal platforms across defense and telecommunications/data intelligence sectors. I specialize in scalable web applications, RESTful API design, data pipeline automation, and containerized deployments. I’m passionate about delivering production systems with high uptime, fast API responses, and strong compliance practices, and I enjoy collaborating across cross-functional teams to turn complex problems into reliable solutions. In my roles at Neustar and Northrop Grumman, I’ve focused on building robust platforms that support identity operations, data intelligence, and asset tracking, while emphasizing security, observability, and performance. I thrive in fast-paced environments and take pride in maintainable code, thoughtful architecture, and continuous improvement.

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I’m a Senior Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience building enterprise-grade internal platforms across defense and telecommunications/data intelligence sectors. I specialize in scalable web applications, RESTful API design, data pipeline automation, and containerized deployments. I’m passionate about delivering production systems with high uptime, fast API responses, and strong compliance practices, and I enjoy collaborating across cross-functional teams to turn complex problems into reliable solutions.

In my roles at Neustar and Northrop Grumman, I’ve focused on building robust platforms that support identity operations, data intelligence, and asset tracking, while emphasizing security, observability, and performance. I thrive in fast-paced environments and take pride in maintainable code, thoughtful architecture, and continuous improvement.

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Senior Software Engineer at Neustar, Inc.

July 1, 2025 - August 5, 2025

Led a team of 4 engineers on a major credit card payment technology stack migration from Java to Python using technologies like Fast API, ARQ, SQL Alchemy, PostgreSQL, and Redis to build a scalable payments platform supporting multiple acquirers. Developed an LLM-based PDF chatbot as a POC marketing tool using React, FastAPI, Weaviate vector database, and OpenAI API. Architected and led development of a scalable IoT platform handling over 100,000 devices. Built backend trading engine for ML-based cryptocurrency trading app supporting 3000+ parallel bots. Developed ML pipelines using AWS SageMaker. Conducted code reviews and optimization improving API responses by up to 75%. Delivered multiple technology migrations and frontend revamps to React and TypeScript with modern UI libraries. Developed machine learning risk mitigation projects reducing downtime. Created real-time analytics dashboards and streamlined business workflows with React and Django applications. Collaborated cross-funct

Software Engineer at Northrop Grumman

June 1, 2016 - August 5, 2025

Worked on the Global Combat Support System – Joint (GCSS-J), developing frontend and backend enhancements with HTML, JavaScript, and Django. Provided maintenance patches for legacy products and fixed security vulnerabilities. Researched new technologies for integration and authored user-facing documentation describing new and modified features.

Software Engineering Intern at Innovative Defense Technologies (IDT)

August 1, 2014 - August 5, 2025

Conducted testing and bug fixing for the primary product Test Manager. Created an application to query an undocumented MySQL database for requirements and processed textual requirements for product generation. Demonstrated fast learning and problem-solving abilities contributing as a valuable team member.

Senior Software Engineer at Neustar, Inc.

June 1, 2016 - Present

Led the fraud analytics dashboard serving identity operations teams across triage, case management, and compliance reporting. Enforced role-based access across analyst, supervisor, and admin tiers, delivered sub-100ms record lookup performance through Redis caching, and accelerated analyst throughput through structured queue management and bulk export workflows.

Software Engineer at Northrop Grumman

June 1, 2015 - June 1, 2016

Defense Asset Tracking & Inventory System replacing fragmented spreadsheet processes with a centralized asset tracking platform for defense mission-support teams, covering equipment assignments, maintenance schedules, status flags, and location data under a single auditable system. Enforced role-separated access across field, maintenance, and administrative tiers and delivered on-demand reporting in CSV and Excel for leadership review.