Dave Brown
Sr. Software Engineer, Solar Insights at Zeitview (formerly DroneBase)
South Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDave Brown is a senior software engineer with 11 years of experience building scalable Django-based platforms and two-sided marketplaces, now focusing on solar insights at DroneBase. He specializes in Python backends, advanced search (Elasticsearch and Solr), and data-driven matchmaking systems, having architected and shipped marketplaces like Droners.io and CustomMade. A repeat founder and hands-on engineer, he blends product ownership with infrastructure work across AWS, Celery, Redis, and search stacks. His open-source contributions include enhancing a Django address model with postal code handling and application configuration, reflecting attention to data integrity and migrations. Based in South Kingstown, RI, he brings practical drone industry domain experience from startup to enterprise scale. Outside work he has captained a family sailing voyage, hinting at a willingness to take calculated risks and lead in unconventional settings.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
B.S, Computer Science, B.S, Computer Science at Missouri University of Science and Technology
Github Skills (8)
database-migrations10
modeler10
database-migration10
modello10
python10
modeling10
django10
postgresql9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
furious-luke/django-address
Feb 2016 - May 2017
A Django address model and field. Addresses may be specified by address components or by performing an automatic Google Maps lookup.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 1 PR in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Dave primarily contributed to the backend of the Django-based project, specifically focused on the address model. Their work included adding postal code functionality to the get/create methods, modifying the unique constraints for the Locality model, and creating the necessary migration for this constraint. Furthermore, the user established the application configuration file, suggesting their involvement in structuring the Django application. These contributions show a focus on database interactions and application setup.
pythondjangoaddressaddressesfield
boulderdave/py-basecamp
Jul 2016 - Feb 2019
Contributions:2 pushes in 2 years 6 months
apibasecamppythonapi-wrapperpython-wrapper
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