Summary
Danielle Knudson is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of full‑stack experience, currently leading work at Instawork in San Francisco. She combines hands-on backend expertise (Django, Rails, Go) with modern front-end and mobile work (React, React Native) and a strong background in product, UX, and customer success. Danielle has repeatedly owned complex product areas—scheduling and gig platforms at Instawork, district/admin tooling at Raise.me, and cloud systems at Butterfly Network—delivering iterative solutions that prioritize measurable customer impact. Her career path from frontline support through developer relations and product management gives her a rare empathy for users and an ability to translate customer needs into technical strategy. Passionate about education, health, fitness, and marketplaces, she thrives in cross-functional teams and as a tech lead driving practical, testable outcomes. Notably, her blend of product design skills and deep engineering experience enables her to ship features that improve both UX and operational reliability.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at San Mateo Community College
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Hack Reactor
Bachelor of Philosophy with pre-law and ethics emphases minor in English, Bachelor of Philosophy with pre-law and ethics emphases minor in English at Santa Clara University
Syracuse University Florence