# David Paul

> Staff Software Engineer at Ridgeline

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/davidpaul

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ Ridgeline
Jan 2023 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
• Drove technical alignment across the accounting organization by shaping PRDs and TDDs early, partnering with product managers and engineers to refine scope, reduce unnecessary complexity, and enable faster, high-confidence launches.
• Defined and led the accounting architecture for fixed income and notional instruments, enabling accurate modeling across multiple teams.

### Senior Software Engineer @ Ridgeline
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Tech Lead for a team with 4 other engineers, partnering with product and engineering managers to define project scope, priorities, and delivery timelines.
• Led the design and implementation of a Kotlin-based accounting system, building APIs to deliver accounting data across trading, operations and performance reporting, and reconciliation systems.

### Software Engineer @ Ridgeline
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Code owner responsible for reviewing code that enters the accounting service.
• Built a Python-based system for booking, editing, backdating, and cancelling financial transactions.

### Lead Software Engineer Resident @ Hack Reactor
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco, California, United States
• Manage, track, and report progress of 60+ students, providing direction for pre-course curriculum, giving lectures across multiple topics, and holding 1:1’s with individual students.

### Scientist 2 - Kingsford Product Developer @ The Clorox Company
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Pleasanton, California
•	Technical project manager for major Kingsford launches. Worked with marketing, sales and product supply to drive over $2 million in cost savings year over year. 
•	Technical lead for a project aiming to re-purpose existing capital for a new product. Identified raw material sourcing and specification, process condition and capital estimates to enable manufacturability of new product.
•	Mentor to new scientists and interns. Responsible for scoping work and technical/career guidance.
•	Experience identifying multiple co-manufacturers to vet technology and negotiate pricing.

### Scientist 1 - Kingsford Product Developer @ The Clorox Company
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Pleasanton, California

### Scientist 1 - Foods Process/Packaging Development @ The Clorox Company
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Pleasanton, California
•	Lead process developer for 15 unique skus, including Hidden Valley Ranch, Greek Yogurts, Croutons and Dips, KCM BBQ Sauce and Marinades and Soy Vay Soy Sauces 
•	Collaborated with multiple suppliers and manufacturing sites to implement an optimized bottle for Hidden Valley for a $3 million dollar cost savings
•	Led a cross functional team to effectively deliver sales samples across key customers for all 2017 product launches
•	Developed general scaling parameters/guidelines across the dry ranch product line
•	Brand maintenance lead working with SAP inventory management to ensure up to date specs/recipes

### Process Engineering Intern - Kingsford Charcoal @ The Clorox Company
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Pleasanton, California
Vetted a new technology which reduced prototyping time from 10 to 2 weeks

### Laboratory Researcher @ University of Wisconsin-Madison
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014
Modified a strain of yeast to increase targeted protein secretion for applications in the pharmaceutical industry

### Laboratory Researcher @ Zhejiang University
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Created a small scale reactor that converted volatile organic compounds into water and carbon dioxide for application in power plants


## Education
### Software Engineering Immersive
Hack Reactor

### Bachelor of Science - BS in Chemistry
University of Wisconsin-Madison

### Bachelor of Science (BS) in Chemical Engineering
University of Wisconsin-Madison


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/david-paul-4082889b
- GitHub: https://github.com/dapaul2121

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Last updated: 2026-04-12