David Banks
Senior Software Engineer at Capital One
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Banks is a senior software engineer with eight years of experience transitioning from a writer/editor background into production-grade engineering, currently building systems at Capital One. He specializes in Ruby/Rails, SQL, JavaScript/TypeScript, React (web and native), and PHP/Hacklang, bringing a full-stack perspective informed by strong communication and product instincts. His career includes senior engineering roles at Deloitte and Meta (via K2), and hands-on work across startups and freelance projects, demonstrating adaptability across enterprise and fast-moving teams. Trained at App Academy after a BA in English from Elon University, he combines disciplined code craftsmanship with clarity in documentation and cross-team collaboration. Notably, his path reflects a pragmatic bridge between storytelling and code—shaping user-focused features and maintainable systems.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA English Language and Literature General, Bachelor of Arts - BA English Language and Literature General at Elon UniversityFull-stack web development, Full-stack web development at App Academy
Github Skills (4)
mongodb5
react4
redux4
nodejs4
Github contributions (5)
dgbanks/getdown
Sep 2017 - Feb 2018
Contributions:155 commits, 6 PRs, 145 pushes in 4 months
reactexpressnodejsreduxfullstack
ryan-mapa/taskacademy
Nov 2017 - Feb 2018
Contributions:37 PRs, 63 pushes, 28 branches in 3 months
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