Dakota Junkman
Senior Software Development Engineer at Zillow
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDakota Junkman is a Senior Software Development Engineer specializing in Android development for Zillow's real estate and rentals apps, with five years of professional experience and a rapid progression from intern to senior engineer. Based in the Twin Cities, he combines a formal CS degree from Oregon State with an earlier chemistry background, bringing a methodical, data-driven approach to mobile feature delivery and quality. At Zillow he has advanced through multiple engineering levels since 2022, demonstrating strong domain knowledge in consumer-facing mobile experiences and product iteration. His prior internships at MathWorks, Lockstep, and enterprise IT roles reflect versatility across tooling, systems, and collaborative engineering environments. Dakota’s non-obvious strength is translating experimental, lab-style problem solving from his chemistry training into reproducible engineering practices that improve app reliability and testing. He focuses on shipping user-centered features while mentoring peers and optimizing Android codebases for scale.
5 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Iowa State UniversityBachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Oregon State UniversityBachelor’s Degree Chemistry, Bachelor’s Degree Chemistry at University of South Dakota
Github Skills (20)
adapter8
visual-studio8
typescript8
vscode8
vscode-extension8
visual-studio-code8
microsoft7
electron7
searching7
editor7
fluent-api7
api6
intellisense6
debug6
oak6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
dakotajunkman/csharp-searchlight
Sep 2021 - Sep 2021
A lightweight, secure framework for a fluent REST API with robust, secure searching features.
Contributions:2 PRs, 15 pushes in 5 days
secureapirestfluentsearching
dakotajunkman/reddit-display-go
Jan 2022 - Mar 2022
Contributions:3 releases, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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