David Anderson
Senior Software Engineer at Netflix
Los Gatos, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Anderson is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building reliable application platforms, currently advancing Edge Device Services at Netflix from his base in Los Gatos. He combines deep systems and testing expertise honed across roles at Netflix and Microsoft—ranging from HTML5 browser players to audio/video streaming on Xbox—to deliver resilient, production-grade services. David contributes to prominent open-source projects like grpc-node, where he implemented client-side interceptors and low-level call controls (cancel, getPeer) to improve synchronous request handling and client reliability. His background in both SDET and senior backend engineering gives him a rare blend of rigorous test-first thinking and pragmatic system design. He holds a BS from Notre Dame and a MS in Computer Science from the University of Michigan, reflecting a strong academic foundation that informs his engineering rigor.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at University of MichiganBachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science at University of Notre Dame
Github Skills (4)
javascript10
nodejs10
grpc10
back-end-development10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
grpc/grpc-node
Feb 2018 - Mar 2018
gRPC for Node.js
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 2 PRs, 14 comments in 29 days
Contributions summary:David focused on implementing client-side interceptors within the gRPC-Node project. Their contributions involved modifying core gRPC client and interceptor code to enforce the correct order of operations for synchronous requests. They also implemented functionalities like `cancel` and `getPeer` to underlying calls, indicating a deep dive into the request handling process. The user's work ensures the proper functioning of gRPC calls, improving the reliability and performance of the Node.js gRPC client.
grpcnodejs
drobertduke/dotfiles
Jun 2020 - Feb 2023
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 7 months
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