David Santoro
Principal Engineer Co-Founder at Carwow
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolDavid Santoro is a seasoned technology leader and co-founder with 17 years building consumer-facing web platforms, currently serving as CTO of carwow where he drove the engineering of a marketplace that transforms how people buy new cars. Fluent in Ruby/Rails, JavaScript, Java and C#, he blends extreme programming and lean product practices to deliver user-focused, scalable systems. His background includes consultancy and enterprise contracts (ThoughtWorks, ITV, Barclays) giving him a rare mix of startup grit and delivery discipline in regulated environments. Based in London, he pairs hands-on engineering with strategic product vision and a knack for operationalising great dealer-consumer experiences at scale. An early freelance web developer turned lead engineer, he’s as comfortable shipping prototypes as he is shaping long-term technical direction.
17 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Computing, Information Technology, BSc Computing, Information Technology at University of Westminster
Italian, English
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Github Skills (18)
mvc10
rails10
ruby10
html10
activerecord10
ruby-on-rails10
skeleton9
elixir8
caching7
json-api7
validations6
api-client6
task-list5
rails-app3
webpack-plugin3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
soulnafein/lesshassles
Feb 2009 - Apr 2009
A simple web-application that permits to create and share task lists. It is being developed for my BSc Computing's final year project.
Contributions:36 commits in 2 months
task-list
carwow/engineering_principles
Jan 2019 - Jun 2021
The carwow Engineering Principles
Contributions:14 commits, 2 PRs, 5 pushes in 2 years 4 months
engineeringprinciples
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