Summary
David Prae is a Staff Software Engineer with 11 years of experience specializing in frontend engineering, accessibility, and product-focused UX, now extending into backend systems and data modeling with Rust. He has led teams and shipped production web apps like OneRecord and Post News, while contributing to foundational UI component libraries as part of design-focused engineering guilds. David balances big-picture architecture with attention to implementation details, mentors junior developers, and serves as a technical bridge between design and engineering to ensure accessible, implementable solutions. Outside of code he runs a recording studio and applies his self-taught audio engineering and musician background to collaborative creative projects, an uncommon blend that informs his pragmatic, user-centered approach to product design.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
University of Georgia
Associate's degree Business Administration, Associate's degree Business Administration at University of North Georgia
English