Summary
David Dacosta is a Senior Full Stack Engineer with nine years of experience specializing in fintech, currently building scalable retail trading and portfolio optimization features at Fidelity Investments. He brings deep Angular front-end and Java/Spring mid-tier expertise, has led greenfield admin applications, and establishes best practices across UI and server-side development. David's background spans RBAC and authorization systems, proof-of-concept trading platforms on AWS, and working with relational databases and ORMs, giving him a strong end-to-end perspective on secure, high-performance financial software. Based in the Salt Lake City area, he combines hands-on implementation with mentorship and architecture guidance, often translating complex asset management requirements into pragmatic, production-ready solutions.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
UMass Lowell
Associate's degree, Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies, Associate's degree, Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies at North Shore Community College
English, Portuguese, French