David Melvin
Software Engineer at Patreon
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Melvin is a thoughtful full-stack software engineer with 12 years of experience building product-driven systems that scale from small teams to millions of users. He has driven measurable impact across companies like Patreon, Warp, The New York Times, and SeatGeek—saving $200K+/year in support costs, enabling $1M+ in recurring revenue, and designing AI agent history infrastructure to improve LLM quality and cost. Motivated by a lifelong curiosity ("why") and a background that began with web design and LEGO, he blends empathy for users with strong technical design and product instincts. Comfortable across front-end, backend, payments, and AI integrations, he focuses on practical solutions that reduce support friction and increase delight. Based in New York, he brings a consistent track record of shipping high-impact features and applying engineering to improve education, personal finance, media, and fitness experiences.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma with Honors Electrical and Computer Engineering, High School Diploma with Honors Electrical and Computer Engineering at Middlesex County Academy for Science, Math, and Engineering TechnologiesTransfer Credit Computer Science, Transfer Credit Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon UniversityBachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Princeton University
English, Spanish
Github Skills (20)
agentic10
linux10
bash10
macos10
rust10
shell10
zsh10
electron7
visual-studio-code7
typescript7
user-experience6
github-copilot6
copilot5
vscode5
editor5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
davidmelvin/davidmelvin.github.io
Nov 2015 - Nov 2024
Contributions:8 pushes in 9 years 1 month
JoshuaStorm/meetable
Mar 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:87 commits, 2 PRs, 10 pushes in 1 month
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