# David Tam

> Building Software and Software Engineering Teams with a focus on Generative AI, LLMs, Agents and Open-source

Location: San Mateo, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/davidtam

With over a decade of experience in software engineering, I am passionate about building and scaling robust, maintainable, and secure systems using cutting-edge technologies. As a founding engineer and director of software engineering at SetSail, I lead high-performing engineering teams responsible for the full development lifecycle of complex software systems and applications. I thrive in a fast-paced and collaborative environment, where I can drive innovation and deliver high-quality software solutions that meet business objectives and bring value to end users. I value diversity, inclusion, and learning, and I bring diverse perspectives and experiences to the team.

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ Guardrails AI
Jan 2024 – Present

### Director Software Engineering @ SetSail (acquired by ZoomInfo)
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024
Directed and mentored a team of 6 direct reports 
Facilitated on time delivery of roadmap features including: AI Sales Agent and push notifications to slack and email, tools/functions(Meeting Prep) for AI Sales Agent and updates to generative AI tool orchestration
Prompt engineering and tuning decreasing error rates by 30 percent
Partnered with product and design to scope, plan and set priorities
Wrote code on daily basis

Node.js, Typescript, AWS (S3, ECS, Lambda), Terraform, Docker, Fargate, PostgreSQL, Amazon Athena, Elasticsearch, prompt engineering, LLM, RAG (ChatGPT), Koa.js, Express.js, Styled Components, Microsoft Fluent UI, Redux (via Immer), Webpack, React Query, React

### Senior Software Engineering Manager @ SetSail (acquired by ZoomInfo)
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023
Managed and grew 2 pods of full stack engineers(1 direct, 1 indirect) for a total of 8-10 reports
Delivered: Accounts, Deals, Activity and Targets features, external API for data integration with partners authorized via OIDC, LLM powered signal and contest summaries
Supervised design and implementation of design Library based on Fluent UI which increased developer and design efficiency and increased team velocity by 50 percent)
Screened and interviewed candidates
Facilitated agile development process

### Software Engineering Manager @ SetSail (acquired by ZoomInfo)
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021
Established team of 4-5 developers who built features for machine learning signal tracking and spiffs(koa.js, lambda, docker, react)
Led creation of automated functional test suite decreasing release verification time from a day to hours
Mentored reports (1:1s, pair programming and group design sessions)
Performed code and design document reviews
Led team meetings including: weekly planning and weekly retros

### Staff Software Engineer @ SetSail (acquired by ZoomInfo)
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020
First full time software engineer hire
Architected and implemented core microservices and REST API for spiff platform to aggregate activity to calculate contest winners
Integrated 3rd party services for rewards and support
Performed structured code and design document reviews identifying and addressing hundreds if not morel issues pre-release, resulting in a decrease in post-launch bugs
Wrote tooling for CI/CD integration and provisioned infrastructure as code through terraform modules

### Development Lead @ Riviera Partners
Jan 2014 – Jan 2018
Led team of 4 developers
Divided milestone requirements into epics/features/tasks
Conducted detailed code reviews
Led development of Chrome plugin and features in ATS web application

### Sr Software Engineer @ SugarCRM
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014
Designed and implemented connectors framework to integrate 3rd party applications with single page web app via OAuth
Worked closely with 3rd party developers to create integrations between core application and external applications
Mentored students from University of Waterloo co op program
Designed and implemented scalable REST endpoints on core application
Designed and implemented various components of single page Backbone.js application

### Web Application Developer @ SugarCRM
Jan 2010 – Jan 2011
Developed for SugarCRM's various online web properties and internal version of SugarCRM.
Assisted in integration of marketing automation into CMS and CRM systems via web services.
Developed custom modules for Drupal and SugarCRM to improve business processes.

### Online Manager @ The Daily Californian
Jan 2009 – Jan 2010
Managed and collaborated with small team of developers working on the Daily Californians online properties including their custom CMS and other business appliations


## Education
### BS in Bioengineering
University of California, Berkeley


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/mrdtam

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Last updated: 2026-04-01