Daniel Davis
Senior Privacy Analyst at DuckDuckGo
Japan
Summary
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Top SchoolDaniel Davis is a Senior Privacy Analyst and seasoned web technologist with 14 years of experience bridging privacy, communications, and full‑stack engineering from Japan. He brings deep frontend skills in HTML5, JavaScript, CSS and SVG alongside backend experience in Perl and APIs, contributing notable work to DuckDuckGo’s Instant Answers and community platform. Former roles at W3C and Opera reflect his blend of standards-oriented thinking and developer advocacy, while earlier teaching and localization work show a knack for clear communication and internationalization. Fluent in Japanese and trained in Japanese and Chinese studies, he combines language fluency with technical fluency to navigate cross-cultural product and policy challenges. Known for improving UX accessibility and shipping practical integrations (e.g., transit and near‑Earth object Instant Answers), he excels at turning technical details into user-facing value.
14 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
BA Hons, Japanese and Chinese Studies, BA Hons, Japanese and Chinese Studies at University of Leeds
English, Japanese
Github Skills (25)
duckduckgo10
javascript10
handlebars10
css10
ui-design10
perl10
php10
api10
front-end-development10
sql10
database-design10
codeigniter10
instantsearch10
questions-and-answers10
accessibility9
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
duckduckgo/zeroclickinfo-goodies
Jan 2013 - Feb 2020
DuckDuckGo Instant Answers based on Perl & JavaScript
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:140 commits, 127 PRs, 67 pushes in 7 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Daniel primarily contributed to the development of "zeroclickinfo-goodies," a project related to DuckDuckGo instant answers. Their work involved creating and modifying Perl modules (e.g., Atbash, AltCalendars, Paper, Unicode, FirefoxOS, MacAddress, GenerateMAC, DaysBetween, SecurityAddons, Constants, SHA3, TwelveOclock) to provide various functionalities, including transformations, conversions, and information retrieval. The contributions demonstrate expertise in Perl and the implementation of ZCI (Zero Click Info) functionalities. The commits include addition of new plugins and modifications to existing ones.
javascriptduckduckgoinstant-answersperlinstant
duckduckgo/community-platform
Mar 2015 - Nov 2018
DuckDuckGo Community Platform
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:12 commits, 22 PRs, 4 pushes in 3 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Daniel primarily focused on front-end development within the DuckDuckGo community platform. Their contributions included increasing contrast in header text for improved accessibility, removing padding from a login form, and implementing design refresh, including button and side menu styling adjustments. The changes involved modifications to CSS files, indicating a focus on UI/UX improvements and visual consistency across the platform.
community-platformduckduckgo
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