Summary
Daniel Sellergren is a Senior Software Engineer and pragmatic people leader with 12 years of hands-on experience building full‑stack web products for fast-growing startups and enterprise teams. He blends backend expertise (Python/Django, Ruby/Rails) with modern front-end work (React) and cloud operations, and has led engineering teams through rapid scaling as Head of Engineering and Engineering Manager roles. Based in Richmond, VA, he’s known as “the glue” who fosters resilient team culture and cross-functional collaboration while staying deeply technical. Outside commercial roles he serves on nonprofit boards and organizes community efforts, reflecting a commitment to technology for social good. Despite a formal background spanning psychobiology, film and an M.S. in Computer Science, his career is defined by shipping reliable, user-focused systems and mentoring engineers into leaders.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
M.S. Computer Science, M.S. Computer Science at Virginia Commonwealth University
B.S. Psychobiology / Video-Film Production, B.S. Psychobiology / Video-Film Production at University of Miami