Cory Davis
Software Engineer - Fastlane at PayPal
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCory Davis is a software engineer with eight years of experience building developer-facing payment tooling and SDKs at PayPal, currently contributing to Fastlane. With roots as a trained musician (MM in Conducting, BA in Vocal Performance), he brings a disciplined, creative approach to engineering and team collaboration. He has moved from merchant-facing support and migrations into designing responsive, secure web SDKs and internal tools that streamline developer and merchant workflows. Cory pairs hands-on implementation skills in JavaScript and Ruby on Rails with a habit of improving developer experience through documentation and tooling. Outside work he balances focused engineering with gaming — “SDK engineer by day, Elden Lord by night” — reflecting a mix of persistence and play. Based in Chicago, he’s approachable and enjoys connecting with like-minded technologists.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Music, Conducting: Musical Theatre, Master of Music, Conducting: Musical Theatre at Shenandoah UniversityBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Vocal Performance, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Vocal Performance at Youngstown State University
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (47)
restrict10
iframe10
fast-csv10
braintree10
command-line10
csv10
credit10
rust10
cli10
coffeescript9
javascript9
credit-card9
validation9
validate9
validating8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
CJGlitter/typewrite
Jan 2023 - Feb 2026
Contributions:1 release, 6 pushes, 6 branches in 3 years 1 month
CJGlitter/allmyemojichildren
Oct 2022 - Jul 2024
Download and display all your slack emoji creations
Contributions:2 PRs, 15 pushes, 6 branches in 1 year 8 months
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