David Golden
Director Software Engineer at Emu Ninja
Queensland, Australia
Summary
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RockstarDavid Golden is a Director Software Engineer based in Queensland, Australia, with 14 years of experience leading product-focused development and client-facing software delivery through his company Emu Ninja. He combines hands-on UI and front-end craftsmanship—demonstrated by contributions to the popular EarTrumpet Windows volume control project—with strategic leadership across startups and contracts, including co-founding Pixel Tucker and a multi-year Wise-Sync engagement. His background includes managing software teams and commercial projects at Business Fitness, giving him a pragmatic blend of technical depth and delivery discipline. Comfortable shifting between client work and open-source contributions, he excels at translating UX-driven requirements into polished, themed interfaces and interactive features. An early-career foundation in accounting informs his practical approach to project planning and fiscal responsibility. He is known for turning complex UI interactions into delightful user experiences while keeping projects on time and budget.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (13)
windows10
uid10
wpf10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
csharp10
xaml10
dotnet-core10
datasnap6
clickonce6
delphi-xe6
delphi6
encryption6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
File-New-Project/EarTrumpet
Jul 2015 - Feb 2021
EarTrumpet - Volume Control for Windows
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:8 releases, 153 commits, 2 PRs in 5 years 8 months
Contributions summary:David primarily contributed to the UI of the "EarTrumpet - Volume Control for Windows" repository, fixing and implementing UI-related changes. They modified files related to UI extensions, and main window layout, as well as a view model, indicating work focused on the presentation and user interaction aspects of the application. These commits involved implementing features like animation, theming, and context menus.
windowsmicrosoft-storevolumeaudioeartrumpet
Twitterizer/Twitterizer
Mar 2012 - Dec 2012
Twitterizer is a .NET class library that provides an easy-to-use interface for the Twitter web api. It is written for developers. It's features are easy to discover and follow a consistent design pattern.
Contributions:13 commits in 9 months
discoverapidotnetclass-libraryfollow
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