Daniel Deutsch
Senior Software Engineer at Apple
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDaniel Deutsch is a Senior Software Engineer in Seattle with 11 years of experience building backend systems and web applications, primarily in Ruby and increasingly in Go to drive performance and scalability. Currently on Apple Services Engineering, he has a track record at fast-moving companies like Outreach and HOVER where he owned databases, APIs, services, and operational concerns. He blends hands-on server-side development with infrastructure and operations comfort, shipping clean, efficient code and contributing to CI/CD and AWS migrations earlier in his career. Outside product work he contributes to open-source firmware for customizable keyboards, showing an interest in embedded systems and low-level C alongside his backend expertise. His background in marketing analytics and P&L management gives him a practical, data-informed perspective on product impact.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree Economics, Bachelor's Degree Economics at University of Pennsylvania
Github Skills (23)
qmk-firmware10
firmware10
custom-keyboard10
qmk10
c1110
keymaps10
keyboard10
c1710
keyboard-layout10
keymapping10
customisation10
sys10
cplus10
customizing10
embedded10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
qmk/qmk_firmware
Aug 2016 - Jan 2017
Open-source keyboard firmware for Atmel AVR and Arm USB families
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:13 commits, 3 PRs, 7 comments in 4 months
Contributions summary:Daniel primarily contributes to the keyboard firmware, focusing on implementing and refining features within the keymap. They develop the base layer and symbol layer, adding media controls, tap dance functionality, and Hyper key support. These changes involve modifying the C code and updating key mappings to achieve customized keyboard behavior and functionality, aligning with the goals of an open-source keyboard firmware.
rp2040firmwareavratmelkeyboard-support
common-nighthawk/where-are-you-going-where-have-you-been
Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Contributions:21 commits, 20 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
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