Daniel Mcdonald
Staff Software Engineer At Infoblox
Tacoma, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDaniel Mcdonald is a Staff Software Engineer with 12 years of experience building reliable systems across startups, state agencies, and public corporations, currently shaping platform capabilities at Infoblox. He is proficient in .NET, Java, and Python, with hands-on DevOps experience on AWS and a track record of migrating monoliths to microservices and CI/CD-driven repositories. Daniel has led government financial-aid systems that automated processes handling hundreds of millions in disbursements, and at CommerceHub delivered analytics dashboards that improved inventory and fulfillment insights. As an open-source contributor, he extended the protoc-gen-gorm plugin to add multi-tenancy support and test automation, showing a focus on practical tooling for persistence layers. Known for strong communication and big-picture thinking, he pairs technical depth with an easygoing, collaborative style.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree, Computer Science, 3.83, Master's Degree, Computer Science, 3.83 at University of WashingtonBachelor's Degree, Computer Science, 3.38, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, 3.38 at Pacific Lutheran University
English
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Github Skills (18)
go-gorm10
multitenancy10
go10
protobuffer10
protobuf10
multi-tenant10
database-design9
githubaction-workflow8
makefile8
github-ci8
generics6
covariance6
task-parallel-library6
nunit6
asp-net-mvc6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
infobloxopen/protoc-gen-gorm
Mar 2018 - Jul 2018
A protobuf compiler plugin designed to generate GORM models and APIs for simple object persistence tasks.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:4 releases, 17 commits, 32 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Daniel's contributions primarily revolve around enhancing the `protoc-gen-gorm` plugin, which generates GORM models and APIs. They added support for multi-tenancy, modifying the generated code to include tenancy checks and add an ID field when the `multi_tenant` flag is set. Furthermore, the user updated dependencies and added a test target to the Makefile. These changes indicate a focus on extending the plugin's capabilities and maintaining its functionality.
golangprotobufgrpccode-generatorcompiler
TeamQuixote/pixel-dungeon-gdx
Oct 2015 - Jul 2016
Contributions:64 commits, 33 pushes, 17 branches in 9 months
libgdxdungeonpixel-dungeonpixel
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