David Harmon is a Senior Software Engineer based in Durham, NC with 11 years of professional experience and 5+ years focused on full-stack Ruby, JavaScript, SQL, AWS, and UX-driven development. Currently on the Indeed Assessments team, he builds scalable Rails and React systems deployed with Docker and Kubernetes while maintaining strong automated testing discipline. He has a track record of improving backend robustness—demonstrated by contributions to the Solidus e-commerce framework where he fixed API error handling and refined helpers—and mentors junior engineers through training and code review. Comfortable spanning databases to polished front ends, he emphasizes customer experience and operational reliability when shipping features. His curiosity extends beyond work: he applies programming to personal projects ranging from finance tooling to playful automations inspired by Pokémon.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Philosophy, & Politics, Philosophy, and Economics, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Philosophy, & Politics, Philosophy, and Economics at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
🛒 Solidus, the open-source eCommerce framework for industry trailblazers.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:6 commits, 4 PRs, 7 comments in 3 years 9 months
Contributions summary:David primarily contributed to the back-end functionality of the Solidus e-commerce framework. Their work included reverting a change related to editing option values and updating related forms, adding a new helper method and deprecating an old one. They also addressed a bug related to error handling within the API controller. The user demonstrated proficiency in Ruby and Rails, modifying views, helpers, and specs.
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David Harmon - Senior Software Engineer at Indeed.com