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David Perry

@davidperry

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I build AI-driven platforms, scalable backend systems, and real-time data products from startup to enterprise scale.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to help ambitious startups scale from early growth stages to global platforms, building impactful AI-driven products and systems that can reach hundreds of millions of users.

At Airbnb, I lead development of AI-driven platforms, automation systems, and scalable backend infrastructure for early- and growth-stage initiatives. I've shipped an AI-powered marketing MVP and an LLM- and LangChain-based contract automation system for document intelligence workflows.

I build production-grade full-stack, distributed, and cloud-native systems using microservices, Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, AWS Kinesis, Google Pub/Sub, Terraform, Jenkins, and GitHub Actions. My work also connects real-time data pipelines with BigQuery and Snowflake for business intelligence and cross-system processing.

Before Airbnb, I helped ResearchHub grow from an early-stage product into a scalable platform by building foundational rewards, discovery, research-ingestion, notification, and real-time collaboration systems. I built the ResearchCoin Rewards Engine and Hub Discovery Platform while improving backend reliability through high-growth milestones.

Since starting my engineering career in 2010, I've delivered industrial IoT, predictive analytics, enterprise automation, and client-facing software across manufacturing, healthcare, retail, and enterprise domains. I'm motivated by helping startups grow into global platforms that create meaningful impact for hundreds of millions of users.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Software Engineer

Current

Airbnb

Mar 2023 - Present (3 years 5 months)

Led development of high-quality, reliable software products supporting early-stage (0-1) and growth-stage (1-10) initiatives focusing on AI-driven platforms, automation systems, and scalable backend infrastructure. Worked across full-stack, distributed systems, and cloud-native architectures to deliver production-grade solutions for internal and enterprise use cases.
* Designed and shipped an AI-p

Jenkins Microservices Kubernetes Docker AWS GCP Terraform CI CD Pipelines GitHub Kafka Amazon Kinesis BigQuery Snowflake Distributed Systems Backend Development Software Project Management

Senior Software Engineer

ResearchHub

Sep 2020 - Mar 2023 (2 years 6 months)

Shipped core research infrastructure from early-stage product to a scalable platform, contributing to product growth, system reliability, and user engagement. Played a key role in building foundational systems across rewards, discovery, and real-time collaboration features.
* Build and optimized the ResearchCoin Rewards Engine, powering token-based reward transactions and community incentive flows

Next.js Nuxt.Js C++C#C C++DevOps Jenkins

Software Engineer

The Timken Company

Jan 2018 - Jun 2020 (2 years 5 months)

Worked on industrial IoT, predictive analytics, and enterprise automation systems supporting manufacturing and supply chain operations. Focused on building data pipelines, backend services, and analytics platforms for engineering and business teams.
* Developed microservices for vibration analysis and signal processing for predictive maintenance applications
* Built REST APIs and AWS Lambda functi

Microservices REST APIs Cloud Native Architecture MERN Stack Dashboarding Real Time Operations Monitoring AWS Lambda Pipelines AWS IoT

Software Engineer

Austin Web & Design

Mar 2014 - Dec 2017 (3 years 9 months)

Contributed to multiple client-facing software development projects supporting backend development, system improvements, and full SDLC execution across different business domains.
* Developed and maintained software solutions across multiple client projects with varying technical requirements
* Collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver features aligned with business and product goals
* I

AngularJS MongoDB MySQL Agile Project Management Software Requirements Refactoring Software Testing

Software Engineer

Rang Technologies Inc

Jan 2011 - Jan 2014 (3 years)

* Contributed to multiple client-facing software development projects across healthcare, retail, and enterprise business domains, supporting backend development and system enhancements.
* Developed and maintained backend software solutions for multiple client projects across diverse business domains
* Collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver application features and system improvements.

Backend Development Debugging Optimization Problem Solving C++.NET Framework Shell Scripting C C++Assembly Language Reverse Engineering

Intern

Rang Technologies Inc

Jul 2010 - Dec 2010 (5 months)

Started career as an internship - experienced web development within HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, Software Architecture, and got familiar with team environment.

HTML CSS JavaScript jQuery

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

St. Edward's University

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

Studied software engineering, programming, database design, and web development. Completed coursework in data structures, algorithms, Java, SQL, and object-oriented programming. Built academic projects involving website development and database applications.

Austin Community College

Associate's Degree, Mathematics and Computer Science

Completed foundational coursework in mathematics, programming, and computer science. Prepared for transfer to a four-year university to continue studies in software development.