David Prothero
Senior Principal Software Engineer at Twilio
Lodi, California, United States
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Top SchoolDavid Prothero is a Senior Principal Software Engineer with over two decades of experience designing and building scalable web applications and the infrastructure that hosts them. He blends deep hands-on expertise in .NET, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), virtualization, and messaging systems with strong advocacy for TDD, SOLID design, and loose coupling. At Twilio he has driven publishing and developer-focused platforms and contributed to prominent open-source work such as the twilio-csharp helper library and multi-language API snippets. Comfortable toggling between architect and individual contributor, he pairs infrastructure-level insight (servers, storage, network fabric) with full-stack implementation skills. Outside work he writes about engineering practices on LooselyCoupledLabs.com and even runs D&D campaigns, a hint at his love for complex systems and coordinated teamwork.
11 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
AA, Business Administration, AA, Business Administration at Centralia Community CollegeComputer Science, Computer Science at Western Washington University
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Github Skills (24)
tml10
apidoc10
testing10
twilio-api10
netframework10
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dotnet-core10
netcore10
csharp10
twilio10
javascript9
java9
cicd9
ruby9
asp-net-identity9
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
TwilioDevEd/api-snippets
May 2016 - Nov 2019
Code snippets for the Twilio API Documentation
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 341 commits, 131 PRs in 3 years 6 months
Contributions summary:David primarily contributed to the `api-snippets` repository, which provides code examples for the Twilio API. The commits include implementations in various languages such as Java, JavaScript, PHP, Ruby, and C#, showcasing the user's ability to adapt to different frameworks. The focus of the changes are demonstrating how to use the Twilio APIs for specific functionalities.
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twilio/twilio-csharp
Feb 2017 - Sep 2019
Twilio C#/.NET Helper Library for .NET6+.
Role in this project:Backend & Test Automation Engineer
Backend & Test Automation EngineerContributions:23 commits, 25 PRs, 50 pushes in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:David contributed to the Twilio C#/.NET Helper Library by creating a .NET Core test runner, improving TwiML tests, and switching to .NET Standard 1.4 to enable compatibility with .NET 3.5. The user also fixed a hanging issue in the .NET 3.5 WebRequestClient and updated the build script. Furthermore, the user added targets for net451 and netcoreapp2.0, indicating a focus on improving the library's cross-platform support.
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