David Ding is a Member of Technical Staff at Cockroach Labs with seven years of software engineering experience building reliable, scalable systems. He previously contributed to product development at Citizen and advised early-stage teams at Scout, combining hands-on engineering with pragmatic product sensibilities. Trained at Caltech and Columbia, he brings a strong foundations-first approach to distributed systems and operational reliability. His background includes site reliability work at Google and teaching experience at Caltech, reflecting both production-scale experience and an aptitude for explaining complex ideas. Based in New York, he balances deep technical focus with creative pursuits—making music and solving puzzles—which inform a pragmatic, user-centered engineering style. For more about his work and projects, see davidding.me.
7 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
B.S, B.S at California Institute of Technology
Master of Science (M.S.), Master of Science (M.S.) at Columbia University in the City of New York
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David Ding - Member Of Technical Staff at Cockroach Labs