Dave Guarino
Member Of Technical Staff at Anthropic
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolDave Guarino is a product-minded software engineer with 13 years of experience building AI and public-benefit technology that helps low-income Americans access services like SNAP and unemployment insurance. He has led applied research and product development across nonprofits, state agencies, and startups—most recently directing emerging AI work at Propel and now helping governments safely deploy AI at Anthropic. His career traces a through-line from founding engineer of GetCalFresh to leading statewide UI modernization efforts, blending hands-on engineering with policy-aware program design. Dave brings practical experience shipping user-centered digital services in high-stakes, government contexts where accessibility, compliance, and trust matter. He pairs technical delivery with advisory roles inside federal and state agencies, making him adept at translating policy constraints into workable product solutions. Based in San Francisco and trained in political economy at UC Berkeley, he combines technical craft with a systems view of public programs uncommon in typical engineering backgrounds.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Political Economy, BA, Political Economy at University of California, Berkeley
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Github Skills (200)
e2e-testing10
testing10
geodata10
text-message10
to-do10
crf10
factories10
snap10
firefox10
api10
geocoding10
test-automation10
application10
geofencing10
puppeteer10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
codeforamerica/balance
Aug 2014 - Jul 2018
A text message system for checking one's EBT card balance (SNAP benefits and more)
Contributions:322 commits, 60 PRs, 64 pushes in 3 years 11 months
pythontext-messagebalancecheckingbenefits
codeforamerica/engine-light
Nov 2013 - Apr 2015
Contributions:2 commits, 1 PR, 2 comments in 1 year 5 months
reactokayletsimple-appdashboard
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