# David Breitenbuecher

> Software Engineer @ FBN

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/davidbreitenbuecher

Product-focused engineer dedicated to solving user problems with a collaborative team.

I have a particular fondness for developing delightful UIs. I have worked extensively in React, have practiced test-driven development, and am experienced collaborating with cross-functional teammates to build consumer facing features that users love coming back to.

I love learning new things, solving new problems, and working with other curious, respectful, and motivated co-workers.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Farmer's Business Network, Inc.
Jan 2022 – Present | San Carlos, California, United States
• A founding engineer on the Finance Growth team
• Revamped FBN’s most used finance loan application to improve the UX flow for farmers, reduce support tickets and make it easy to integrate with new financing partners.
• Architected the React frontend for AcreVision, FBN’s flagship land evaluation tool that attracted new user signups, increased engagement from existing members, and grew land loan applications. Utilized the Google Maps API and data visualization libraries
• Increased land loan applications and helped users evaluate FBN’s loan products by building a Farm Land Loan Calculator. Focussed on improving accessibility using Lighthouse and WCAG, employing html attributes helpful to screen readers, and supporting keyboard-only use.
• Built a collection of reusable React components, simplifying the updating of marketing pages using Contentful CMS. Wrote documentation on each component’s purpose and usage. Instrumented analytics and wrote unit tests
• Contribute to project planning by writing implementation plans, providing estimates, and flagging risks. Determine technologies to use based on project requirements, timeline, maintainability, and user needs
• Monitor and triage bugs; remedy root causes using debugging strategies including backtracking and cause-elimination. Communicate problems and solutions with the team as bugs happen and in retrospectives.
• Conduct code reviews on a near daily basis, assessing the presence and quality of tests, simplicity, readability, clear naming, adherence to contribution guidelines, and relevant documentation

### Software Engineer @ Grassp Health
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Remote
• Expanded into 2 new markets by building new supply chain and tracking features in the admin app & React Native driver app.
• Launched new features such as inventory reassignment and transfer, coupon modification etc. to strengthen operations and increase sales.
• Optimized page load speed by utilizing data structures and libraries (eg: Redux) that ensured faster data retrieval, supported efficient caching, and memoized complex computations.
• Crafted visually appealing, responsive, and performant UI components by following Material Design

### Software Engineer Intern @ LiveStack
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco, California, United States
Developed the back-end and front-end for LiveStack users to write reviews for virtual events. Utilized React, PostgreSQL, Express and Jest.

### Website Intern @ San Francisco Living Wage Coalition
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco
Improved the usability, accessibility and SEO-friendliness of the site by ensuring consistent styling and updating layouts to support bilingual content.

### High School Mathematics Teacher @ Oakland Unified School District
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Oakland, California, United States
• Developed and executed lesson plans to meet state standards
• Collaborated with parents, teachers, admin, and students to jointly develop individualized education and behavioral plans for students
• Built relationships, arbitrated disputes, and facilitated class discussions by balancing diverse perspectives

### English Teacher @ Ascend Public Charter Schools
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Brooklyn, New York, United States
• Analyzed student data to differentiate instruction and refine teaching methods 
• Implemented a responsive classroom management approach to strengthen student’s social and emotional development
• Conferenced with 65 students to devise measurable learning goals for the quarter and support them in tracking their progress weekly

### Academic Tutor @ Ascend Public Charter Schools
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Greater New York City Area
• Provided academic assistance to over 20 students at risk of failing
• Tutored 3 classes of US History students to write document based and thematic essays for the NY State Regents Exam
• Continuously collected student performance data to inform future tutoring sessions

### English Tutor @ City College of San Francisco
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Coached students in strengthening their writing and study skills
• Collaborated with instructors to devise strategies to increase student achievement


## Education
### Master of Arts - MA in Social Sciences
University of Chicago

### Full Stack Web Development
Rithm School

### Bachelor's degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
St. John's College

### Web Development Certificate in Computer Science
City College of San Francisco


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/david-breitenbuecher
- Portfolio: https://davidbreitenbuecher.com/
- GitHub: https://github.com/dlbreitenbuecher

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Last updated: 2026-04-11