David Federspiel
Principal Engineer at Black Duck
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
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Top SchoolDavid Federspiel is a principal engineer with 10+ years of hands-on leadership, currently driving AI-powered frontend migrations and modern API practices at Black Duck. He combines principal-level architecture skills in React, API strategy, and AI-assisted development with a people-first approach that multiplies team productivity. Known for leading complex Ember-to-React migrations using custom AI context protocols and vector databases, he turns large technical transitions into repeatable workflows. David stays close to the code while building reusable component libraries, feature-flag infrastructure, and developer tooling that scale across organizations. His background spans security-focused public services, cloud-native microservice architectures, and a persistent curiosity expressed through creative side projects like nature and architectural photography. He thrives on the intersection of elegant engineering and mentorship, treating both as solvable puzzles that unlock team potential.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
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English, Spanish
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Github Skills (68)
gulp9
apollo-client9
prisma-orm9
browsersync9
apollographql8
docker-compose8
gmail8
boilerplate8
graphql8
react8
caching8
graphql-client8
pug8
nintendo-3ds8
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
dfederspiel/SquirrelFinder
Aug 2017 - Nov 2017
Contributions:4 releases, 37 PRs, 71 pushes in 2 months
gearsitefinity
dfederspiel/rapid-dev-demo-riegels
Apr 2019 - Aug 2021
Rapid Dev templating for a brochure site
Contributions:3 PRs, 6 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 4 months
demo-apptemplatesassstatic-sitebrochure
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