Daniel Crews
Principal Software Engineer at Allergan Data Labs
Irvine, California, United States
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Top SchoolDaniel Crews is a Principal Software Engineer with 13 years of experience specializing in Developer Experience and Platform Engineering, currently building internal platforms and standards at Allergan Data Labs. He designs Backstage-based developer portals, governs GraphQL federation across 50+ services, and architects serverless solutions on AWS to make the “right way” the easiest path for teams. Daniel has led platform efforts that supported high-traffic launches and a payouts system handling over $1B in transactions, combining hands-on delivery with cross-team governance and automation. He mentors engineers, advises leadership on platform strategy, and consistently reduces cognitive load and operational overhead through pragmatic API and workflow standards. Based in Irvine, CA, he brings a rare blend of frontend roots and large-scale backend architecture, enabling smoother onboarding and faster, more reliable delivery across organizations.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (200)
restify10
express-graphql10
backend10
javascript10
sublime-text10
hapi10
graphql-tools10
artemis10
apollographql10
resolvers10
knexjs10
database10
directive10
json10
sqlite10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
dncrews/jack-stack
May 2015 - Oct 2015
Contributions:1 release, 22 commits, 17 pushes in 4 months
dncrews/angular-elastic-builder
Apr 2015 - Jan 2022
Contributions:1 release, 34 commits, 4 PRs in 6 years 10 months
queryangular-jsdirectivefieldsangular
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