David Apirian
Senior Director Of Software Engineering at GitHub
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolDavid Apirian is a seasoned software engineering leader with 11 years of experience building large-scale systems and developer tools, currently serving as Senior Director of Software Engineering at GitHub focused on the Copilot platform. He founded Trunk, an AI dev tools startup, and previously led 40 engineers at Uber's Advanced Technologies Group where he architected execution frameworks, sensor and HIL simulation, and massive simulation infrastructure for self-driving vehicles. His background spans low-latency trading systems, P2P livestreaming, and real-time graphics from early game and simulator work, giving him a rare blend of systems, simulation, and developer-experience expertise. Known for turning research-grade components into production-grade platforms, he excels at uniting cross-functional teams to ship deterministic, scalable tooling. Based in San Francisco, he pairs entrepreneurial instincts with deep technical craft and a track record of shipping high-impact infrastructure. A detail that often surprises peers: he began his career in game and graphics engineering, which informs his practical approach to simulation and performance-critical systems.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Game Development, BS, Computer Game Development at Full Sail University
Stackoverflow
27,882reputation
2.0mreached
325answers
108questions
macros
top-5%
shared-ptr
top-5%
synchronization
top-5%
dynamic
top-5%
smart-pointers
top-5%
c-preprocessor
top-5%
Github Skills (169)
near10
trunk10
bash10
security10
visual-studio10
linter10
extensible10
haskell10
static-analysis10
editor10
formatters10
shell10
developer-tools10
scalable10
electron10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
dapirian/m
Mar 2015 - Aug 2018
Collection of minimalistic C++17 utilities
Contributions:1 PR, 93 pushes, 9 branches in 3 years 5 months
cppcpp20c-plus-plusheader-onlyminimalistic
trunk-io/trunk-action
Aug 2021 - Jan 2023
Trunk.io GitHub Action
Contributions:3 releases, 8 reviews, 14 commits in 1 year 4 months
trunklintersformattersdeveloper-toolssecurity
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