Daniel Davison
Senior Platform Software Developer
Greater Indianapolis United States
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Top SchoolDaniel Davison is a Senior Platform Software Developer with 13 years of experience building test platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and containerized automation for large-scale projects. He has driven test strategy and infrastructure at GitLab and now focuses on platform engineering at Arrive AI, blending SRE, DevOps, and test automation expertise. A long-time Selenium contributor and Docker-Selenium maintainer, he’s helped scale browser automation and improved both core framework functionality and documentation. His background spans full-stack, back-end, and front-end work—writing everything from Java end-to-end tests to Ruby on Rails tooling and CSS/JS doc improvements. Known for mentoring engineers and leading cross-functional initiatives, he pairs practical build-and-deploy skills (Kubernetes, GCP, Ansible) with strong maintainership in high-profile open-source projects. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic solutions that tie developer experience, testability, and production reliability together.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
IT/Computer Programming Computer Programming/Programmer General, IT/Computer Programming Computer Programming/Programmer General at University of PhoenixLansing Community CollegeCACC
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Github Skills (53)
selenium-webdriver10
selenium-grid10
javascript10
docker10
webdriver10
selenium10
scripting10
testing10
css10
selenium-ide10
containerization10
dockers10
java10
ubuntu10
ruby10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
SeleniumHQ/docker-selenium
Mar 2016 - Oct 2019
Provides a simple way to run Selenium Grid with Chrome, Firefox, and Edge using Container Platform, making it easier to perform browser automation at scale
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Automation Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Automation EngineerContributions:28 releases, 151 commits, 111 PRs in 3 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Daniel primarily contributed to the automation and infrastructure aspects of the project, focusing on Docker and Selenium Grid deployments. Their work involved modifying entry point scripts, shell scripts, and Dockerfile generation, indicating a strong focus on containerization. They also updated testing configurations, demonstrating familiarity with the project's test automation setup. Several commits were related to adapting the project to specific Selenium Grid releases.
browser-automationchromefirefoxselenium-gridselenium
SeleniumHQ/www.seleniumhq.org
Mar 2015 - Oct 2019
Old Selenium website and docs (deprecated)
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:37 commits, 29 PRs, 26 pushes in 4 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Daniel primarily contributed to the Selenium project by updating and refining the documentation. Their commits focused on correcting typos, updating links to documentation resources, and reorganizing project documentation files. They also contributed to the formatting of the website. This included fixes and improvements in several key pages of Selenium's official documentation.
selenium
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