# Daniel B. > Data Infrastructure @ The New York Times Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/danielb1 I’m an accomplished programmer with an intuitive sense of the big picture and an eye for the details. I love breaking problems down into bite-sized pieces and working with smart people. ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure @ The New York Times Jan 2024 – Present | New York, New York, United States ### Software Engineer @ State Farm Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 ### Board Member and Fellowship Coordinator @ Northeastern Effective Alturism Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Remote • Attended summer-long joint fellowship program between Yale, McGill, Northeastern and Northwestern Universities to apply rationality & strategy to questions regarding morality & altruism. • Received $5000 honors grant from Northeastern to start our own fellowship to teach Northeastern students about effective giving and EA resources. ### Developer @ IDEA: Northeastern University's Venture Accelerator Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Boston • Lead web development team overhaul of IDEA website in 2021/22. Took over ownership of portfolio project as lead/project manager August 2020. • Managed a team of 4 and delivered final product in December 2020, allowing external access to Salesforce data for the first time. • Designed and built React based portfolio of IDEA ventures pulling data from Salesforce. ### Data Infrastructure Engineering Co-op @ Cogito Corp Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Remote • Designed, built, tested. & deployed 500+ events/hour scalable events ETL in Apache Spark and Apache Pulsar. •Implemented CI/CD, monitoring, testing, and K8s pod for each project and across team codebase. • Proposed solutions, designed, & began development on client-facing API wrapper around central data warehouse using Flask & SQLAlchemy to standardize data access for internal & external stakeholders. ### Software Engineering Co-op @ Mavrck Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Boston • Reengineered key-metric impressions module to give real-time estimates for thousands of posts per week to improve data reliability & organization increasing company efficiency saving ~10 hours of work per week for engineers and marketers. • Redesigned customer-facing GDPR page with personalized URLs accessible through email to increase external data transparency. • Coordinated with Instagram Graph API team on improving the accuracy of internal impressions estimation algorithm using new data from the Instagram API, building on prior work. ### AI & Data Ethics Research Assistant @ Northeastern University Department of Philosophy Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Boston • Built a database of articles related to AI & Data ethics from both technical & philosophical perspectives and identified possible paper and publication topics. • Focused on bias issues in ML, how companies deal with ethics in ML, and how to avoid these issues in the first place. ### Research Analyst Intern @ Kensho Technologies Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 | Greater Boston Area July 2018 - August 2018: Human Resources/Client Operations Intern • Developed wiki page to streamline onboarding procedures. Worked with the Head of HR to develop requirements and deliverables June 2017 - August 2017: Project Koto • Worked with AI in the Koto Division, Kensho's National Security Division. • Projects for the Department of Defense. Koto works with the full range of mission-critical United States government institutions to advance the National Security mission. December 2015 - August 2016: Client Services/Operations Intern • Primary research for event database. Data collection and validation. • Research for the CNBC-Kensho Stat Box. ### Scholar at The RDV Academy @ Rough Draft Ventures Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Greater Boston Area • The RDV Academy connects the most talented, technical students with high-growth startups in Boston and NYC. • Each student spends summer working directly with a top-tier engineering team. ### Programmer and Outreach Coordinator @ Brainstormers FTC #8644 Jan 2014 – Jan 2017 • Pioneered our partnerships with the MIT Edgerton Center and Cambridge Science Festival (CSF) • Volunteered 250+ hours to present through MIT and CSF at various STEM events and in various public spaces through Science on the Street (through CSF) • Developed our own super-accessible paper electronics curriculum • Wrote and delivered instructions and graphics to i2 Camps through MIT Edgerton Center • Wrote autonomous subroutines and automated driver assist programs, Super Regionals Programming Award, Highest Scoring Autonomous Program • 2x World Championship Appearances, World Championship Finalists, World Championship Semifinalists ### Teen Advisory Board Member @ Cambridge Science Festival Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Boston, Massachusetts • Promoted Cambridge Science Festival events in middle and high schools. • Designed and ran events for teen audiences, and served as an ambassador at Cambridge Science Festival events ### Intern @ Build-It-Yourself Jan 2011 – Jan 2014 • Successfully pitched Minecraft as a topic for Build-It-Yourself • Designed, developed and taught Minecraft courses to 150+ students at Concord Academy Summer Camp, Buckingham Browne & Nichols Summer Camp, and via weekly webcast sessions • Within 3 months Minecraft became the most popular and highest grossing course for Build-It-Yourself • Selected to attend and present course modules at Constructionism and Creativity 2014 – Vienna, Austria • Co-authored Storylines That Inspire Creative Constructionism published at Constructionism and Creativity 2014 – Vienna, Austria ## Education ### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science and Philosophy Northeastern University Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 ### Concord Academy ### Highschool Diploma Concord Academy Jan 2013 – Jan 2017 ### The Fenn School Jan 2010 – Jan 2013 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/dnlbroun - Website: https://dbroun.xyz --- Source: https://flows.cv/danielb1 JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/danielb1/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-23