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