David Guymon
Engineering Manager at Basic Research, LLC
Sandy, Utah, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDave Guymon is an engineering manager with nine years of cross-functional experience building and scaling high-performing remote and hybrid teams to deliver impactful software. He combines hands-on backend and full-stack expertise (Ruby/Rails, JavaScript, Elixir) with a people-first leadership style focused on psychological safety, mentoring, and measurable productivity improvements. At MX he drove initiatives that raised sprint velocity, transformed eNPS to positive, and led data-heavy backend work processing 100M+ daily transactions. He has a track record of shipping durable systems—raising legacy test coverage to enable a Rails upgrade and creating containerized microservices adopted by large teams. Previously grounded in education and instructional technology, he brings a strong communicator’s mindset to aligning engineering with product and business goals. Based in Saratoga Springs, Utah, he enjoys turning complex operational challenges into growth opportunities for engineers and organizations.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Associate’s Degree, Computer Graphics, 3.8 GPA, Associate’s Degree, Computer Graphics, 3.8 GPA at Utah Valley University
Github Skills (19)
javascript10
css10
ruby10
html10
nodejs10
ruby-on-rails9
web-development9
programming-tools9
api8
react-component8
accessibility8
cypress7
documentation7
github6
integrations6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
daveguymon/exercism-elixir
Feb 2024 - Jul 2024
Contributions:94 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
daveguymon/Portfolio-Codewars-Kata
Jul 2017 - Dec 2017
Contributions:88 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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