David Gomes
Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
Summary
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RockstarDavid Gomes is a seasoned engineering leader with 15 years of experience building cloud-native databases, developer tools, and full‑stack products across startups and scaleups. He has led teams and launched managed services and developer experiences at SingleStore and Neon, and most recently contributes to Cursor after Neon's acquisition into Databricks. A lifelong competitive programmer and computer science purist, he blends deep algorithmic thinking with a strong focus on UX and maintainable cross‑stack engineering rather than tying himself to a single framework. He is an active open‑source contributor—helping improve TypeScript type definitions in the widely used DefinitelyTyped repo and contributing UI and editor work to elementary/code—demonstrating attention to both developer ergonomics and type safety. Based in Madrid, he also has international experience growing engineering organizations across Portugal, India and remote teams, and runs a personal site (davidgomes.com) that collects his technical essays and projects.
15 years of coding experience
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (27)
javascript10
build-definition10
typescript10
typescript-definitions10
type-definition10
type-system10
gtk10
dictionary10
typescript-types10
typescripts10
protocol-buffers9
mson9
python9
ui-design9
front-end-development9
Programming languages (24)
Github contributions (5)
elementary/code
Nov 2011 - Mar 2013
Code editor designed for elementary OS
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:29 commits in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:David primarily focused on the development of the `elementary/code` editor. Their contributions included implementing functionality related to fullscreen mode and improving code organization and indentation within the `MainWindow.vala` file. Furthermore, they modified the `SplitView.vala` and other files, suggesting involvement in UI and layout adjustments. Their work spans across modifying the user interface and core functionality of the code editor.
code-editorelementaryosgtksourceviewgtkvala
DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
Dec 2018 - Jan 2019
The repository for high quality TypeScript type definitions.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer (TypeScript/JavaScript - with focus on type definitions)
Full-stack Developer (TypeScript/JavaScript - with focus on type definitions)Contributions:6 commits, 4 PRs, 2 comments in 15 days
Contributions summary:David primarily contributed to improving type definitions within the repository. Their work includes fixing and refining type definitions for libraries like Redux Form and SQLString. They addressed issues related to event handler types, optional arguments, and the addition of missing properties. The commits demonstrate a focus on ensuring accurate and consistent type definitions for various JavaScript/TypeScript libraries.
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