David Brownman
Tech Lead, SDKs at Stripe
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Brownman is a tech lead specializing in server-side SDKs with ~3 years of focused industry experience and a decade-plus background in backend engineering and developer platforms. Currently leading the team that develops and maintains Stripe’s seven open-source server-side SDKs, he brings hands-on experience improving widely used libraries like stripe-node and stripe-php—implementing performance-minded fixes such as native UUID support and robust test and error-handling improvements. Previously he helped bring Stripe Sandboxes from concept to customers and built developer-platform features at Zapier, demonstrating a knack for shipping reliable tooling for integrators. Based in California, he pairs a tinkerer’s curiosity with pragmatic code hygiene and cross-language backend expertise, and his open-source contributions reflect attention to long-term maintainability in high-impact projects.
3 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree Social Computing, Bachelor's Degree Social Computing at University of Michigan
English, Japanese
Github Skills (11)
typescript10
php10
javascript10
nodejs10
typescripts10
api10
stripe10
apidoc10
typescript-types10
testing10
error-handling8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
stripe/stripe-php
Jun 2024 - Apr 2025
PHP library for the Stripe API.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10 releases, 19 reviews, 22 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:David primarily contributed to the Stripe PHP library by addressing version updates, bug fixes, and test improvements. They updated the library's version in multiple commits, ensuring the codebase remained current. Additionally, the user modified code related to meter-related classes and fixed tests. The user also addressed an issue involving null bytes in paths, enhancing the library's error handling.
apistripestripe-sdkphppayment
stripe/stripe-node
Oct 2022 - Oct 2022
Node.js library for the Stripe API.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10 releases, 51 reviews, 1 commit in 1 day
Contributions summary:David's contributions primarily focused on improving the Stripe Node.js library's functionality and maintainability. They implemented native UUID methods for improved performance, removed failing tests, and addressed code quality concerns by checking `hasOwnProperty` in `for...in` loops. The user also bumped the library version and updated object tags for meter-related classes. Furthermore, the user removed a test using a soon-to-be-removed endpoint and made a few other minor improvements to the code.
apistripejs-librarynode-jsstripe-payments
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