David Mendez
Staff Software Engineer at Modern Jazz, Inc
New York City Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Mendez is a senior software engineer based in the New York City area with nine years of professional experience building data-driven, real-time applications and interactive maps for live news and editorial storytelling. Currently at CNN, he specializes in front-end architecture, real-time Node.js/Socket.io systems, and complex integrations that power live coverage and visualization tools. His background spans educational games, agency work, and white-label mobile and desktop apps—highlighting a knack for shipping cross-platform solutions like React Native and Electron products. David also teaches emerging AI and no-code web tools as a guest lecturer, helping designers launch production-ready portfolios. On the freelance side he balances creative projects with technical work, often bridging design and engineering with SVG visualizations and custom CMS tooling. He’s equally comfortable building scraping and migration utilities as he is crafting interactive editorial experiences, reflecting a blend of practical problem solving and visual design sensibility.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.), Computer Animation and Interactive Media, Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.), Computer Animation and Interactive Media at Fashion Institute of TechnologyAssociate of Arts and Sciences (AAS), Multimedia Arts, Associate of Arts and Sciences (AAS), Multimedia Arts at Borough of Manhattan Community College
English, Spanish
Github Skills (52)
typescript10
angular-cli10
angular10
cli10
javascript9
react9
maps8
nextjs8
3d8
jquery-slider8
browser8
vector-tiles8
complex-numbers8
nodejs8
webgl8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
dave11mj/angular-cli
Mar 2017 - Aug 2017
Contributions:41 pushes, 13 branches in 5 months
cli-tooltypescriptangularcli
dave11mj/dh-migration
Apr 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:16 PRs, 54 pushes, 7 branches in 1 month
urlsrailsrubyruby-scriptaid
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