# Daniel Deflavia > Senior Software Engineer | Project Management | Technical Lead Location: United States, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/danieldeflavia Senior Software Engineer with 15 years of progressive IT experience in DevOps, Database Administration, web and mobile development. With over 10 years of experience leading projects in distributed teams of 3 - 15 people and working with C-Suite executives, I bring a strong foundation in Agile, Kanban, Feature Driven Development and a history of demonstrating a commitment to tight feedback cycles and continuous improvement. I’ve become adept at prototyping JavaScript components quickly with the Typescript syntax extension and have had a lot of exposure to back-end Node.js frameworks incorporating MVC concepts (data models, views, event dispatching) as well as front-end directive driven frameworks such as Angular and Vue.js along with React and React Native. I also enjoy introducing static typed languages and working with existing interfaces. I find C++ and LLVM derivatives particularly useful when linking package interfaces with dynamic counterparts and have seen a lot of benefit from compile time checks. I enjoy writing units with Rust compared to other static typed languages because it’s syntactically similar to C++, safer to implement with it’s ownership and lifetime guarantees via accurate stack/heap allocation and borrow check. My prior experience with Python ranges from exposure to MVC/MVT frameworks such as Django for large scale applications to micro-frameworks including Flask and FastAPI for micro-service deployments. My recent experience primarily involves the evaluation of Large Language and Document Image Transformer models. I have extensive experience working with Ruby on projects I’ve contributed to in the past for infrastructure automation with Chef/Puppet, distributing company software bundled as Gems and full-stack SaaS solutions built with Rails. In production, I’ve commonly used Ruby out of preference because it exposes object oriented design principles and has implications inspired by multiple languages. I’m efficient with most SQL dialects including PostgreSQL/MySQL/MS SQL and have had the opportunity to participate in projects incorporating NoSQL architecture implemented with Document Databases such as MongoDB, Elasticsearch and DynamoDB. Feel free to connect via LinkedIn or contact me directly at dcd@intovpc.com, I’d love to share more. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Unknown Jan 2011 – Present ### Senior Software Engineer @ Strategic Education, Inc Jan 2024 – Jan 2026 Recruited by Research & Development to design and implement scalable data solutions for business intelligence, analytics, and emerging AI applications across the organization. Piloted the launch of an AI Admissions Assistant supporting 3,000 students within six weeks, facilitating the automation of routine tasks traditionally handled by human Admissions Officers. Spearheaded architecture of a database-native analytics platform in BigQuery, personalizing learning pathways for 300+ employees and reducing costs for 20+ partners by 15%. Designed an AI-driven application that enabled students to engage in self-paced, bite-sized learning, enhancing accessibility, retention, and skill development across eleven distinct curricula. Drove development of data pipelines and infrastructure used by three cross-functional teams to modernize automated backend operations for a suite of education platforms. ### Engineering Manager @ Housable Jan 2020 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, California, United States Promoted within the company to lead progression of permit management and investment portfolio automation with an emphasis on ADU conversions and new construction. Brought a CRE management system from concept to production with Python, Ruby and React, facilitating a 30% increase in value-add proposition delivery to key markets. Expedited market segmentation by automating GIS data ingestion for land use analysis with Airflow ETL pipeline tasks, driving pre-construction phases of over 500 builds. Pre-qualified new construction builds by inscribing floor plan models at optimal placement with PL/pgSQL sampling algorithms, reducing feasibility assessment cost by $3,000 per build. Unlocked pockets of equity for brokers by optimizing value-add strategies with an algorithm parameterized by ADU laws, catalyzing 300 unit conversions across four six figure contracts. ### Full Stack Engineer @ Project Ricochet Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 Recruited by the principal CTO to execute comprehensive CI/CD strategies for Rich Internet Applications in association with clients established in Media Streaming and Healthcare industries. Streamlined managerial workflows and processes by leading Agile-driven initiatives with Jira and Kanban across four projects, establishing feedback loops for five products in under two weeks. Scaled sales protocols for pitching pilot programs to major investors by improving domain separation with client-specific CRM modules, serving over 200 vendors across four film genres. Improved customer relations by integrating sales features with HIPAA-compliant Drupal modules, increasing daily active users by 25% and guaranteeing 100% compliance with federal regulations. Enhanced user experience across a library of React components by maintaining optimal performance of a Golang API and MongoDB domain layer, increasing user engagement by 35%. ### Backend Engineer @ CityBldr Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Remote Contracted by the co-founder and CTO to spearhead the integration of sales pipelines with asynchronous architecture to facilitate the automation of commercial plot analysis and brokerage. Automated the process of scoring development sites by defining key valuation principles of plot usage, contributing to a 45% rise in underutilized real estate discovered across asset classes. Enhanced lead management for SDRs by compiling a single source of CRE ownership graphs with PostgreSQL and Node.js, scaling links between transactions and assessor records to 10,000 sites. Accelerated lead analysis by predicting the market value of assemblages with Node.js algorithms and geographically weighted regression, validating 100 leads for each of five SDRs per month. Increased performance of a GIS data ingestion pipeline by refactoring synchronous Rust architecture using futures, achieving a 12% reduction of runtime degradation. ### Full Stack Engineer @ Rexsi Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Remote Hired by the principal broker to assist in streamlining the buying and selling experience by driving a Brokerage Management System to production stages. Extended service coverage of an MLS database by off-loading ETL data ingestion to auto-scaling clusters deployed with Chef and Docker, increasing public listing access by 60%. Revamped an MLS search engine by migrating a MySQL database to a DynamoDB web service enriched with Elasticsearch, increasing hit accuracy by 30% and reducing API latency by 52%. Improved platform stability and increased code re-usability by replacing legacy PHP models with a Node.js DBAL for DynamoDB and Elasticsearch, reaching a 55% reduction in technical debt. ### Application Developer @ GIZMO Creative, Inc. Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Remote Selected by the COO to collaborate with mobile developers as part of the back-end team in building a SaaS solution for subscription based technical support (remote/on-site). Automated outcome solutions for Point of Sale devices by integrating firmware triggers with a telemetry pipeline, resulting in an accurate prediction model that reduced issues reported by 60%. Implemented a comprehensive CI/CD strategy alongside mobile developers, utilizing OS-specific protocols to off-load computation, increasing throughput by five release candidates per week. Facilitated an innovative Uber-style IT support model by identifying requirements and owning features, matching 10,000 commercial subscribers and consumers with technicians nationwide. ## Education ### Associate’s Degree in Business and Engineering Pennsylvania State University Jan 2007 – Jan 2009 ### Object Oriented / Procedural Programming Zend Certified Engineer Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/daniel-deflavia - Website: http://www.intovpc.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/danieldeflavia JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/danieldeflavia/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22