I'm a software engineer with a passion for building AI-enabled, scalable systems that help teams solve real problems faster. Over the years I've blended hands-on coding with product thinking to deliver platforms that automate complex tasks and unlock new capabilities for enterprise clients. Outside work, I enjoy exploring new AI tooling, contributing to open-source, and mentoring colleagues to bridge the gap between research and production.

David Stewart

I'm a software engineer with a passion for building AI-enabled, scalable systems that help teams solve real problems faster. Over the years I've blended hands-on coding with product thinking to deliver platforms that automate complex tasks and unlock new capabilities for enterprise clients. Outside work, I enjoy exploring new AI tooling, contributing to open-source, and mentoring colleagues to bridge the gap between research and production.

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I’m a software engineer with a passion for building AI-enabled, scalable systems that help teams solve real problems faster. Over the years I’ve blended hands-on coding with product thinking to deliver platforms that automate complex tasks and unlock new capabilities for enterprise clients.

Outside work, I enjoy exploring new AI tooling, contributing to open-source, and mentoring colleagues to bridge the gap between research and production.

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Language

English
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Work Experience

AI Software Engineer at Fixify
March 1, 2014 - Present
Led the development of Fixify's AI-native IT help desk platform, combining LLM-driven automation with human analysts to auto-resolve the majority of mid-market IT tickets. Engineered ticket classification/routing, deployed AI Sidekick chatbots in Slack/Teams, and built living playbooks that accelerate knowledge base creation. Implemented multi-tenant RBAC with Okta, event pipelines with Kafka/Redis, and CI/CD with GitHub Actions to enable zero-downtime releases.
Sr Software Engineer at Qvest US
September 1, 2022 - February 1, 2024
Delivered end-to-end digital transformation for Fortune-level clients in media, entertainment, and CPG. Architected cloud-native platforms for automated content ingestion, tagging, and multi-platform distribution; led cloud migrations to AWS/Azure with Kubernetes, Terraform, and Docker; built AI/ML-powered content recommendation and search; designed real-time content workflows with Kafka/Lambda/S3 and integrated Salesforce CX dashboards while establishing robust observability.
Senior Software Engineer at Prove AI
July 1, 2018 - September 1, 2022
Built blockchain-anchored AI governance components, delivering end-to-end data provenance and immutable audit trails to support EU AI Act and NIST RMF compliance. Developed a centralized AI operations dashboard, GenAI telemetry, smart contract integrations for governance events, and a dataset version control system with AWS S3 integration; mapped AI system behavior to regulatory mandates yielding audit-ready reports.
Software Engineer at Apple
July 1, 2014 - June 1, 2018
Contributed to Apple Music’s web/desktop player with high-performance UI components, adaptive bitrate streaming (HLS), and real-time search using Elasticsearch. Built RESTful APIs with Java/Spring and Python, delivered personalized playlists via ML recommendations, and drove automated testing and accessibility compliance across macOS, iOS, and web platforms.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at San Diego State University
August 1, 2009 - June 1, 2013

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Software & Internet, Professional Services, Education, Telecommunications