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David Wong

@davidwong2

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I am a staff software engineer building scalable full‑stack systems and developer tools.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I’m seeking a senior engineering role building scalable, API‑driven platforms that value developer experience, cross‑functional collaboration, mentorship, and opportunities to shape system architecture and measurable product outcomes.

I am a full‑stack software engineer with ten years building scalable web applications for startups and high‑growth tech companies. I focus on clean architecture, developer experience, and cross‑functional collaboration to deliver reliable, maintainable systems.

At Stripe I drove improvements across payments, fraud detection, and the Dashboard—leading efforts that reduced fraud incidents, decreased chargebacks, and introduced AI‑powered tools to boost team productivity. I have deep hands‑on experience with microservices in Go and Java, API design (REST & GraphQL), data pipelines, and frontend systems built with TypeScript and React.

I mentor engineers, contribute to system design reviews, and champion observability and testing best practices. I enjoy tackling hard infrastructure and product problems that deliver measurable business impact and improve developer velocity.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Staff Software Engineer

Current

Stripe

Nov 2021 - Present (3 years 9 months)

Led payments and fraud detection initiatives, improving Radar efficiency by 25% and reducing fraud incidents by 15%, and built an AI-powered fraud analysis pipeline that cut chargebacks by 10%. Drove API and microservices improvements (Go, Java, gRPC, Kubernetes) to boost API efficiency 30%, integrated OpenAI to increase team productivity 20%, and delivered dashboard visualizations that improved d

TypeScript React Go)Java gRPC Kubernetes PostgreSQL Kafka Datadog)

Senior Software Engineer

Nextiva

Aug 2015 - Oct 2021 (6 years 2 months)

Engineered scalable microservices (Django, Node.js) on AWS EKS achieving 99.99% uptime and supporting 500K+ daily requests, and developed AI voice-agent interfaces for natural interactions. Optimized backend performance to reduce response times by 30%, enforced HIPAA-compliant controls, and improved CI/CD pipelines to accelerate releases by 30% with 25% fewer deployment errors.