David Neiman
Owner, Performer, Teacher at Dulcimusic Productions
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolDavid Neiman is a senior software engineer with a decade-plus track record building production-grade Java-based systems for research and cultural institutions, currently focused on digital preservation at Harvard. He combines deep backend expertise—designing, testing, and deploying large-scale repository services and leading the FITS open-source preservation tool—with practical DevOps skills in Docker, Ansible, and cloud environments. Prior roles across Broad Institute, Harvard Medical School, and startups show a knack for translating complex stakeholder needs into robust, maintainable software for scientific and archival workflows. Outside tech he runs Dulcimusic Productions, bringing a rare creative dimension as a U.S. National Hammered Dulcimer Champion who performs, teaches, and crafts instruments—an interdisciplinary perspective that informs his patient, user-centered approach to long-term digital stewardship.
11 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
BA Applied Math(C.S.)/Economics, BA Applied Math(C.S.)/Economics at Brown UniversityComputer Science, Computer Science at Harvard University Extension School
Japanese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (36)
web-application10
django10
java10
fits10
openjdk10
docker9
jwt-authentication8
ontology7
jwk6
jackson6
jwt6
jwe6
file-validation6
digital-preservation6
jsonwebtoken5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
fitstool/FITSservlet
Aug 2015 - Feb 2023
A web application to expose FITS as a service.
Contributions:12 releases, 7 reviews, 114 commits in 7 years 6 months
djangoweb-applicationdockerexposeas-a-service
ld4l-labs/fgdc2lod
Apr 2017 - Jul 2018
Contributions:48 commits, 17 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 2 months
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