# Dan Huddell

> Software Engineering | Cross-team Collaboration | Technical Leadership

Location: Greater Boston, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/danhuddell

I love problems; I’m passionate about solving and understanding them. As a full-stack software engineer with experience across multiple sectors, I consistently build features for diverse use-cases. Whether it’s developing a new client application from scratch or establishing the back-end services to support it, I ensure production-quality code is released.

As a teammate, I can wear any hat or fill any gap the team needs. From writing code, to designing and scoping features with Product, to mentoring and enabling my teammates; I ensure our success.

I ship features I’m proud of because I always put the user first.

## Work Experience
### Lead Software Engineer @ athenahealth
Jan 2024 – Present

### Senior Software Engineer @ Parachute Home
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024
React | Typescript / Javascript | NextJS | TanStack Query |  Tailwind CSS | NodeJS | Express | GraphQL | Jest


Engineering Achievements

- Built toast notification layer with custom Hooks, Context API and Tailwind, improving checkout completion rate by 10%
- Migrated custom authorization from Auth0 to Shopify, saving ~$100k annually
- Migrated to NextJS App Router, boosting performance to 98th percentile for page load
- Built complex GraphQL mutation for Shopify API automated through Github Actions, enabling updates across 4 store fronts with a single release

Team focused and Cross-functional Achievements

- Planned, documented, and pitched a moonshot feature, which was then roadmapped for Jan '25
- Gave critical on-call support to prevent highly impactful Black Friday downtime after only 3 months of employment
- Researched emergent tech, including NextJS App Route to maximize site speed
- Proposed and executed an A-B test with the Product Manager, which resulted in significantly higher add-to-cart frequency

### Senior Software Engineer @ Mural
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023
React | Typescript / Javascript | NodeJS | Express | Docker | MongoDB | Sass | Jest | Cucumber

Engineering Achievements
- Independently delivered in-app PPTX/PDF Previewer with full accessibility using TDD
- Built a fault-tolerant 3rd-party API file conversion service with retry and failover logic
- Improved image sidebar load time by 15% by removing 1500 lines of redundant code
- Created "smart nudge" behavior using native web APIs for floating menu visibility
- Side project: ln-app game to both teach new users and let super users compete

Team focused and Cross-functional Achievements
- Pitched a feature and collaborated with UX and Product to drive it from PoC to Prod
- Engaged leadership and DEI to prioritize removing offensive language from our code
- Facilitated "How we roll" team workshop to build trust and improve communication

### Senior Software Engineer / Tech Lead @ Pluralsight
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | Greater Boston Area
React | Typescript / Javascript | NodeJS | Express | Docker | SQL | Postgres | Jest 

Engineering Achievements:
- Built a batch job and materialized view to reduce query time to 200ms in massive tables
- Developed a component-based SVG flowchart with self-drawing lines from JSON input
- Leveraged functional programming in Typescript to create pure and composable code

Tech Lead and Cross-Functional Achievements:
- Delivered 2 weeks early on a 6 month project, enabling an internal soft launch
- Created documentation and artifacts as sources of truth for large scale projects
- Mentored junior engineers with projects and mob / pair programming

### Software Developer @ Liberty Mutual Insurance
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Greater Boston Area

### Junior Developer @ Blueport Commerce
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017


## Education
### Bachelor's degree
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/danhuddell

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Last updated: 2026-03-28