David Newswanger
Principal Software Engineer (Independent) at Digital Carrot LLC
Greater Boston United States
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Top SchoolDavid Newswanger is a Principal Software Engineer based in Greater Boston with a decade of experience building and leading teams around cloud-native and automation products. He led the Ansible Automation Hub UI and platform efforts at Red Hat, contributing notable fixes and testing enhancements to the flagship Ansible project and improving network module reliability across IOS and NXOS. Comfortable across the stack, he combines front-end expertise in Angular/PatternFly with deep DevOps and network automation experience, and has a track record of shipping production systems like a student payment platform and a Kubernetes-backed SSO deployment. Now running Digital Carrot, he continues to blend independent product work with open-source contributions, and his early impact at Ansible (one of the project's larger contributors during internships) reflects a practical focus on testability and operational robustness.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at Berea College
English, Spanish
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Github Skills (25)
javascript10
python10
typescript10
front-end-development10
typescript-types10
ansible10
network-automation10
ansible-galaxy10
typescripts10
patternfly10
angular10
testing9
ios9
nxos9
test-framework9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
ansible/galaxy
Jun 2018 - May 2021
Legacy Galaxy still available as read-only on https://old-galaxy.ansible.com - looking for the new galaxy -> https://github.com/ansible/galaxy_ng
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 394 commits, 521 PRs in 3 years
Contributions summary:David primarily worked on the front-end of the project, implementing and maintaining user interface elements using Angular and PatternFly. Their work included converting existing code to use 4 spaces for tabs, removing and adding navigation options based on authentication, and updating the about modal to display the correct information. The user also made code style adjustments and improved the responsiveness of various elements across the site.
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ansible/ansible
Jun 2017 - Apr 2018
Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform that makes your applications and systems easier to deploy and maintain. Automate everything from code deployment to network configuration to cloud management, in a language that approaches plain English, using SSH, with no agents to install on remote systems. https://docs.ansible.com.
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer & Network Automation Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Network Automation EngineerContributions:1 review, 66 commits, 96 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:David primarily contributed to the Ansible automation platform, focusing on enhancements to testing infrastructure and network module functionality. They modified testing frameworks to improve hostname validation and added features like a debug strategy. Furthermore, the user fixed bugs and improved several network modules, including changes related to user management, logging, and structured output within the IOS and NXOS environments, enhancing their usability and functionality. They also addressed documentation issues to improve clarity.
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