David Webster
Senior Software Engineer at Uber
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Webster is a Senior Software Engineer with nine years of experience building high-throughput, reliable backend systems and customer-facing features at scale. Currently at Uber (following Postmates’ acquisition), he focuses on Delivery API and backend services using Elixir, Python, Postgres, and Kubernetes, having previously delivered real-time menu integrations and cart-validation flows that materially improved checkout rates for enterprise restaurant partners. He’s full‑stack fluent—React/Redux and Go among his toolset—and experienced designing event-driven architectures and production-grade integrations with POS vendors. Based in Seattle, he combines hands-on implementation with mentorship experience from App Academy and a track record of shipping solutions that directly boost revenue and operational resilience.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
American Studies, American Studies at Williams CollegeNewark AcademyFull Stack Web Development, Full Stack Web Development at App Academy
English
Github Skills (39)
job-search10
python9
plug7
ecto6
spotify5
mutation5
absinthe5
api5
react-redux5
elixir5
task-management4
redux4
payload4
apollo-client4
graphql4
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
dwebster17/spinn
Oct 2017 - Jul 2018
Contributions:2 PRs, 100 pushes, 4 branches in 8 months
reactrailsstreamingrubyspotify
dwebster17/aoc-2018
Dec 2018 - Feb 2020
Contributions:13 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 3 months
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