Dave Gavigan

Dave Gavigan

Engineering Leader / Web Developer

Hi! My name is Dave and I’ve been a web engineer for over 10 years leading as both a tech lead and engineering manager for several others.

My passion lies in developing other engineers and building strong teams through fun and competitive environments where everyone is challenged to grow.

What Others Say About Me

"Dave built a great team and developed some of Extend's most impactful B2B technologies!"

"Dave's exceptional leadership shows that it's possible to be both an outstanding manager and highly skilled engineer in one package"

"Engineering managers are either good with people or skilled at building the software solutions. Dave shows that it's possible to consistently do both at a high level."

"Highly recommend David Gavigan in an engineering manager/leadership role, a great motivator and pleasure to work with 🙌"

"Dave is a seasoned software engineer with a remarkable blend of technical prowess, industry knowledge, and emotional intelligence."

"Dave makes working together easy, he is driven, considerate, and willing to work towards the best solution for everyone even when its not the easy one"

Information

LocationAustin, TX
Developer Experience10+ years
Leadership Experience5 years
Emaildavegavigan@gmail.com
Work StatusOpen to work
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Skills

React
Angular
Ionic
React Native
NodeJS / Express
Go
PostgreSQL
Cassandra
DynamoDB
MongoDB
Docker
Kafka
JenkinsCI
Github Actions
AWS CDK
AWS Lamda
Datadog
Launchdarkly
LogRocket

Experience

Extend

Engineering Manager

Extend • San Francisco, CA (Remote)

Aug 2021 - Dec 2023

Hands-on technical leader setting standards of quality and best practices regarding front-end tooling

  • Led a team of 6 fullstack engineers, responsible of Extend’s web clients to manage their warranty programs
  • Collaborated with various stakeholders to design and implement product roadmaps
  • Assisted engineers to create measurable benchmarks for growth that were unique to their own strengths and weaknesses
  • Led technical initiatives to adopt Remix within the organization for key projects
  • React, TypeScript, AWS, NodeJS, DynamoDB
🎯

75th percentile for annual story points completed

🔮

85th percentile in sprint completion, 75th in predictability

🛠️

92nd percentile in defect resolution

Whole Foods Market

Senior Engineer

Whole Foods Market • Austin, TX

Jul 2019 - Jul 2021

Developer within WholeFoods supply chain team, supporting solution suite of several legacy and modern web applications

  • Implemented a design system leveraging web components with framework specific bindings in both Angular & React, allowing teams more autonomy in their solutions while providing consistent and repeatable patterns.
  • Led development of pilot program for in-store mobile applications to replace legacy handhelds
  • C#, Angular, React, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, AWS Lambda, AWS EC2, Web Components
Rent.com

Senior Engineer

Rent.com • Atlanta, GA (Contract)

Jan 2018 - Jul 2019
  • Developed high-performance features for rent.com using React and TypesScript in a dynamic team setting.
  • Demonstrated self-motivation and excellence in delivering production-grade code within a fast-paced environment
  • Contributed to a Ruby on Rails rewrite, implementing feature flips and A/B testing to optimize conversions and overall site performance
  • React, TypeScript, NodeJS, GraphQL
Independent Consulting

Web & Mobile Engineer

Independent Consulting • Houston, TX

Jun 2017 - Jan 2018
  • Developed headless retail e-comm sites using Shopify
  • Mentored early stage companies in their development and technology stack
  • Provided modern web app training in React & Angular
  • ReactNative, Ionic, React, Angular
SensorInsight

Lead Engineer

SensorInsight • Houston, TX

Feb 2014 - Jun 2017
  • Led and mentored a distributed team of 8-10 developers building SensorInsight.io, an IoT platform
  • Individually designed and built web app UI/UX, JS SDK, and overall frontend tooling
  • Routinely met with executive leadership, turning business requirements into technical specifications for the engineering team
  • AngularJS, Java EE, MQTT, AWS EC2, PostgreSQL
Clearblade

Mobile Consultant & Web Engineer

Clearblade • Austin, TX

Oct 2012 - Jan 2014
  • Modernized client legacy systems on IBM System Z mainframes
  • Served as a cross platform mobile developer using early builds of Apache Cordova and AngularJS
  • AngularJS, Jquery Mobile, Ionic, Go, MQTT, React

Education

TexasState

BBA, Computer Information Systems

Texas State University • San Marcos, TX

Aug 2007 - Dec 2012

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