# Daniel Rotar

> Software and such

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/danielrotar

I'm driven to utilize technology and computing in service of innovative experiences. This entails equal parts: 
• Understanding market fit and devising focus and features that fill previously unseen gaps
• Selecting a prudent mixture of underlying technologies
• Putting heads down and aggressively building out the stack and feature-set

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Qualified
Jan 2022 – Present

### Creator / Developer @ Lumathon
Jan 2019 – Present
Developed a best-in-class adventure photo hosting platform, initially to host my own photography but now open to all. Check it out at www.lumathon.com. Features include:
• Rapid bulk uploading, with server-side GPU processing and client-side progressive streaming of imagery
• No-code plugin system for embedding photos and galleries into one's personal website
• Geospatial mapping tool utilizing extensively processed and indexed large publicly-available datasets
• Integration with Stripe Billing to support a paid subscription tier

Technologies: C++, CUDA, Kotlin, React, SQL, Postgres, SPARQL, WebGL, Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, Terraform, PubSub, Spring Boot, PostGIS, jOOQ, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata

### Software Engineer @ Kazm
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
Advised and architected backend systems during a product pivot from "specialized video-conferencing platform" to "machine learning and targeted promotions tooling for web3 applications" for an early stage startup, including:
• Large-scale, distributed data-mining and analysis of Ethereum blockchain
• Machine learning pipelines for generating actionable insights about crypto users
• Productionalization of resultant data within live web services

Technologies: BigQuery, Neo4J, Dataflow, Apache Beam, Postgres, Java, TypeScript

### Software Engineer @ Kazm
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021
Expanded the feature-set of a specialized video-conferencing web application, including:
• Real-time participant polling
• Interactive and collaborative visual brainstorming tools
• Consensus-based moderation and "kick" functionality
• Automated scale-testing up to thousands of users within a single videoconference room
• Integration with Stripe Billing and Stripe Connect to support subscriptions and revenue-sharing

Technologies: Google Cloud Platform stack including Dart, Firebase, Firestore, Flutter, Cloud Functions

### Senior Software Engineer @ Birchbox
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | New York, New York, United States
Served as team leader for platform engineering, and architected several backend systems, including:
• E-commerce order routing and subscription handling service
• Interface for data transfer (EDI) to and from legacy retail partners using open source tools
• Internal authentication layer across multiple services
• Integration with internal ERP system

Technologies: Java, MySQL, Ruby on Rails, Python, EDI, RabbitMQ, Airflow

### Software Engineer @ Birchbox
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | New York, New York, United States

### App Developer @ Unknown
Jan 2010 – Jan 2013
Created, marketed, and sold iPhone game/entertainment apps

### Financial Software Developer @ Bloomberg LP
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | New York, New York, United States
Expanded functionality of fund-related services as part of equity funds team


## Education
### Master's degree in Computer Science
New York University
Jan 2012 – Jan 2017

### Bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Economics
University of Notre Dame
Jan 2006 – Jan 2010


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/daniel-rotar
- Website: https://danielrotar.com
- Website: https://lumathon.com

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Last updated: 2026-03-22