Summary
Dan Parker is a Staff Software Engineer in Seattle with a decade of experience building elegant front-end interfaces and scalable, real-time backend services used across Uber’s platform. He has progressed from lead mobile developer and full-stack contractor to senior and staff roles, shipping mobile apps, web UIs, and backend systems that drive high-volume product delivery. Comfortable across React Native, Redux, and JavaScript, he pairs pragmatic front-end craftsmanship with systems thinking for real-time services. Dan mentors engineers and has repeatedly led cross-functional projects from API design to production rollouts. He has a practical dislike for unnecessary utility libraries (Lodash), reflecting a focus on lean, maintainable code. Colleagues rely on him to simplify complex problems and deliver reliable, user-facing experiences at scale.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer