David Baker

Education

University of Pennsylvania[2011 - 2015]

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Systems Science and Engineering, magna cum laude

• Cumulative GPA: 3.78/4.00

Work Experience

Workday - Software Development Engineer 3[September 2019 - Present]

• Worked within and across (mostly) client-centric teams focused on collaborative productivity-driving applications, ie a data visualization/charting library, a text editor used across the platform, a WYSIWYG email designer.

• Created, maintained, and organized a number of cross-team component libraries, dancing the devilish dependency dance.

• Most client dev work was done with TypeScript, React, Redux, various CSS-in-JS libraries, webpack.

• Maintained Jenkins CI jobs, some backend Java server code, some Node utility scripts.

Elastic Suite - Full Stack Software Engineer [January 2018 - August 2019]

• Mostly worked on modernizing a legacy dojo single page app, porting existing functionality and building new features with React.

• Wrote lots of tests. Unit tests. Functional component tests. End to end tests. I made sure everything I wrote had tests.

• Occasionally worked on the backend which was basically a Ruby on Rails API that hooked up with Mongo.

Click 3X ― Senior Developer[June 2016 - December 2017]

• Worked on a really wide variety of client projects varying from your classic web stack to cross-platform game development, VR dev for Oculus Rift, and Three.js and WebGL experiences. See projects page for specifics.

• Built stuff using all the latest web development tools―React, Redux, webpack, Babel, Sass, etc.

• Lots of JavaScript, including Node for backend stuff.

• Tinkered with a few WordPress sites.

xLAB ― Embedded Systems Engineer[Summer 2015]

• Researched electroacoustics and developed a home entertainment surround sound system, using parametric arrays and reflections to deliver highly directed sound.

• Experimented with different crossover configurations for traditional loudspeakers to supplement the limited bandwidth of piezoelectric transducers.

Complex Systems Group ― Research Assistant[Oct 2013 - May 2015]

• Analyzed the structure, function, and controllability of the human musculoskeletal system from a network science perspective.

• Research dynamics and community structure in brain networks.

Alcoa ― Metallurgical & Quality Systems Intern[Summer 2013]

• Implemented process management system for anodizing alloys of aluminum.

• Conducted capability analysis for new rectifier.

• Created conditional reaction plans for complex operations.

M&TSI ― Teaching Assistant[Summer 2015]

• Provided guidance for 55 high school students in engineering labs and throughout the development of their own closed loop mechatronic prototypes.

SAAST* ― Residential Teaching Assistant[Summer 2014]

• Served as educator, mentor, and group leader of 20 high school students in the Engineering Complex Networks program.

• Fostered a tight-knit community through daily social activities and weekend excursions.