Dani De Waal
Software Engineer at Google
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDani De Waal is a software engineer with nine years of experience based in New York, currently building at Google while co-founding and running Broadway Weekends, a creative startup that runs musical theater workshops. Trained in acting at Guildhall and later retrained as a developer through Fullstack Academy and App Academy prep, Dani blends strong people skills and theatrical leadership with practical full‑stack engineering and teaching experience. At Fullstack they mentored cohorts, ran admissions interviews, and contributed to internal education tooling, demonstrating a knack for translating complex concepts into teachable workflows. Prior internships in trading technology and a background as a professional actor and caregiver reflect an unusual mix of analytical rigor, empathy, and communication—useful for cross-functional product work. Comfortable leading small teams and mentoring engineers, Dani brings entrepreneurial curiosity and an ability to bridge creative and technical domains.
8 years of coding experience
Grace Hopper - Immersive Software Engineering Program, Grace Hopper - Immersive Software Engineering Program at Fullstack Academy of CodeActing, Acting at Guildhall School of Music & DramaBootcamp Prep NYC, Computer Coding, Bootcamp Prep NYC, Computer Coding at App Academy
Github Skills (3)
player6
conferencing4
video-conferencing2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
The-Power-Store/Level-Up
Feb 2018 - Jul 2018
Contributions:101 PRs, 102 pushes, 41 branches in 4 months
Mafiosas/mafiajs
Mar 2018 - Jul 2018
Contributions:156 commits, 110 PRs, 89 pushes in 3 months
gameintegratedmafiamafia-gamevideo-conferencing
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