Summary
David Gowrie is an experienced frontend-leaning full-stack engineer with 14 years of building customer-facing web platforms, currently driving product and technical direction on Plaid’s Transfer payments team. He combines hands-on implementation—from React/Next.js frontends and headless CMS integrations to automated test suites—with team stewardship, having hired, mentored, and defined processes across multiple engineering orgs. His background includes leading accessibility and WCAG initiatives, shipping self-service developer tools and API dashboards at Quovo, and a history of consultancy work delivering high-performance sites for major brands. Based in Tuxedo Park, NY, he frames engineering choices around product outcomes and operational reduction, often translating marketing and content needs into developer-friendly systems. Outside of work he frames his craft around accessibility and an open web while being motivated by family and social impact.
14 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Professional Certification Web Development, Professional Certification Web Development at Learning Tree International
Communications Major Music Minor, Communications Major Music Minor at Alfred University
Professional Training Web Graphics Adobe Photoshop, Professional Training Web Graphics Adobe Photoshop at AGI Training (Adobe Certified)
Professional Training Adobe Photoshop, Professional Training Adobe Photoshop at Noble Desktop (Adobe Certified)
Communications, Communications at Ramapo College of New Jersey
html, css, javascript, php, typescript, go, Greek