David Ray
Senior Software Engineer at Sedra Solutions
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Ray is a senior software engineer and engineering manager with 15+ years building full-stack Django applications, developer experience tooling, and cloud-native systems. He blends hands-on backend work—contributing to notable open-source projects like django-reversion and Pinax—with sales engineering, scrum mastery, and interim project leadership to translate client needs into scoped, deliverable solutions. Recently he led DevX, DevOps, and Data Engineering teams and architected an AI-assisted financial fraud detection platform using GCP, Neo4j, Elasticsearch, and Django REST. Equally comfortable negotiating contracts and writing migrations, he has a track record of improving developer productivity and shepherding projects from proposal to production. With advanced study in human-computer interaction and an unusual background in vocal performance, he pairs technical rigor with strong communication and client-facing instincts.
15 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Music Performance Vocal, Bachelor's degree Music Performance Vocal at Chapman UniversityMS Informatics Human Computer Interaction, MS Informatics Human Computer Interaction at Indiana University BloomingtonMaster's degree Music Performance Vocal, Master's degree Music Performance Vocal at Rice University
English
Github Skills (9)
version-control10
python10
django10
testing9
sql9
forms9
csv8
database-management8
documentation6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
pinax/symposion
Jan 2014 - Jun 2014
a Django project for conference websites
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:23 commits, 1 issue in 5 months
Contributions summary:David's primary contributions involve modifying and creating Django models for a conference website. They added support for South migrations and modified existing models. They also worked on the schedule application, including developing a schedule builder form and modifying the views. The user addressed various typos, reflecting a focus on code quality and maintainability within the project.
pythondjango-frameworkdjangodjango-blogdjango-project
etianen/django-reversion
Feb 2014 - Feb 2014
django-reversion is an extension to the Django web framework that provides version control for model instances.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits in 3 days
Contributions summary:David primarily contributed to the `django-reversion` project by addressing issues and improving the functionality of the version control system. Their work includes modifying the `models.py` file to disable cascade deletes, thus preventing the deletion of version objects. The user also modified the template files to correctly display user information regarding revisions and added unit tests. Overall, the contributions focused on ensuring data integrity and improving user experience within the Django framework.
instancesreversionpythonversion-controldjango-framework
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