Danielle Man
CTO And Cofounder at Longeye
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolDanielle Man is an engineering leader and founder with 11 years of experience building developer-focused products and teams, now serving as CTO and co-founder of Longeye in San Francisco. She spent nine years at Apollo GraphQL rising from core developer to Senior Director of Engineering, where she led GraphOS platform teams, shaped early user journey tools, and won the company leadership award in 2024. A hands-on generalist, Danielle has shipped front-end features like Apollo Client devtools enhancements and driven documentation and design efforts across Apollo’s flagship repos. She excels at scaling teams, establishing product/design functions from scratch, and wearing many hats—from PM and recruiter to interim design manager—while keeping developer experience front and center. Her MIT CS background and history of evangelizing GraphQL at major conferences reflect a rare blend of technical depth, product intuition, and public-facing advocacy.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science and Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science and Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Github Skills (20)
javascript10
wpgraphql10
webpack10
wordpress-graphql10
webpacker10
graphql10
lessc10
gatsby10
react10
documentation10
graphiql9
apollo-client9
google-chrome-extension8
css8
chrome-extension8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
apollographql/apollo
Nov 2018 - Oct 2021
:rocket: Open source tools for GraphQL. Central repo for discussion.
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:19 reviews, 181 commits, 82 PRs in 3 years
Contributions summary:Danielle primarily contributed to the documentation of the Apollo platform, specifically focusing on updating and organizing the documentation files. The commits reflect changes to the `gatsby-config.js` files across multiple directories (`docs`, `studio-docs`, `graph-manager-docs`), indicating the restructuring and linking of content within the documentation. This involved renaming and consolidating existing content, as well as adding links and new articles to improve the overall structure and clarity of the documentation.
reactapollographqlgraphql-toolsrocketapollo-server
apollographql/apollo-client-devtools
Dec 2016 - Apr 2021
Apollo Client browser developer tools.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:5 releases, 52 commits, 10 PRs in 4 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Danielle primarily focused on developing the front-end for the Apollo Client Devtools. Their commits demonstrate the integration of webpack for building the project and the use of less for styling. The user updated the GraphiQL styles, improved the file structure, and incorporated syntax highlighting for queries. Furthermore, they contributed to the addition of panel resizing features.
reactapollo-client-devtoolsbrowserdeveloper-toolsfirefox-extension
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