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Danny Dalton

San Francisco,United States

Summary

Software engineer and engineering manager with over 10 years of experience, specializing mostly in front-end web development and systems, and has great understanding of back-end web development and systems. Experience includes 14 months as lead front-end developer for Swell, Inc, building the front end web systems supporting an Ethereum liquid staking and liquid restaking token, and 4 years in the development of web systems supporting a fiat-backed stablecoin, TrueUSD, of which the final 2 years focused on managing and leading development of those systems.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Lead Frontend Developer

Swell Network
01.2023 - 04.2024
  • Architected and developed company's original user-facing decentralized web application for liquid Ethereum staking with Typescript and React.
  • Architected and developed new features which have aligned with business goals, helping grow the protocol from 0 to ~180,000 staked Ethereum.
  • Worked closely with product team to analyze technical feasibility of designs, suggest design improvements.
  • Translated designs into pixel-perfect web pages for both desktop and mobile web.
  • Researched and made recommendations for new technology integrations based on suitability and alignment to business goals.
  • Designed and executed development plans to ensure software was released in accordance with business deadlines.

Engineering Manager

TrustToken, Inc.
08.2020 - 09.2022
  • Lead and managed development of web systems for company's fiat-backed stablecoin, TrueUSD.
  • Interviewed, hired, and trained a small team of engineers to operate efficiently and effectively
  • Evaluated ongoing development efforts, providing feedback on potential methods of expediting completion and improving final results.
  • Drove high-level strategic planning of development efforts across multiple projects to optimize resource utilization and shorten development times.
  • Provided regular feedback to both engineers and senior leadership on individual performance metrics and observations.
  • Cultivated partnerships between engineering, product and UX personnel to create holistically designed final products.
  • Directly interacted with high-level customers to verify satisfaction and integrate feedback on in-process development projects.
  • Managed existing AWS infrastructure.

Full Stack Web Developer

TrustToken, Inc.
06.2018 - 08.2020
  • Rebuilt front-end of MVP monolith TrueCurrencies web application into a modular, efficient, maintainable React application that communicated with a GraphQL API.
  • Developed reusable component library to be shared across web applications.
  • Onboarded to and took over development and maintenance of the TrueCurrencies back-end web systems, microservices built with Python and gRPC.
  • Collaborated with product team to implement new features and strategically plan for future features.
  • Reviewed code, debugged problems and corrected issues.

Software Engineer

Idea Evolver
09.2017 - 05.2018
  • Architected, built, and maintained Fit2Me, a fitness and diet web application, and its accompanying REST API and microservices.
  • Led full stack development using React, Redux, Material UI, Mixpanel, Node.js, Express, Serverless, MySQL, MongoDB and Docker.
  • Managed AWS infrastructure including Cognito, Elastic Beanstalk, RDS, S3, and Lambda. Collaborated with a small QA team to ensure software passed all client-defined acceptance testing.

Software Engineer

Stitch Labs
10.2013 - 09.2016
  • Built, debugged, tested, and maintained the front-end of the company's SaaS web application.
  • Worked closely with product managers, designers, and other developers to design, implement, QA test, A/B test, and iterate on new features in the front-end application.
  • Coordinated with support staff in order to identify and resolve bugs that were missed in the initial QA process.
  • Interviewed, hired, and onboarded all new front-end development hires.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Stanford University
Palo Alto, California
09.2009 - 06.2013

Skills

Javascript/Typescript

Timeline

Lead Frontend Developer

Swell Network
01.2023 - 04.2024

Engineering Manager

TrustToken, Inc.
08.2020 - 09.2022

Full Stack Web Developer

TrustToken, Inc.
06.2018 - 08.2020

Software Engineer

Idea Evolver
09.2017 - 05.2018

Software Engineer

Stitch Labs
10.2013 - 09.2016

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Stanford University
09.2009 - 06.2013
Danny Dalton