David Reed
Staff Software Engineer at Slack
Denver, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolDavid Reed is a Staff Software Engineer and technical architect with 19 years of experience building and operating large-scale SaaS, CI/CD, and developer tooling across Python, Go, Rust, TypeScript and more. Currently at Slack (Salesforce), he led a multi-year roadmap to improve delivery safety and velocity, cut monorepo build times by 6x with Bazel, and launched a continuous delivery framework spanning 13 environments. At Salesforce he drove a low-code Solution Factory, built a patent-pending Python service that upgraded millions of customers in a year, and reduced QA and engineering costs dramatically while rearchitecting legacy monoliths to cloud-native platforms. He mentors engineers, presents to senior leadership and public audiences, and contributes to respected open-source projects like pip-tools and CumulusCI where he improves CLI behavior and test automation. Based in Denver, he combines deep full-stack implementation skills with product-minded architecture and an appetite for reusable developer platforms. An uncommon strength is his translator role—bridging product, SRE, and business teams to turn complex operational needs into pragmatic, measurable delivery improvements.
19 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
MA, Ancient Greek, MA, Ancient Greek at Florida State UniversityBA, Philosophy, History of Math and Science, Classics, BA, Philosophy, History of Math and Science, Classics at St. John's College (NM)
English, Greek
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (22)
unit-testing10
salesforce-api10
pip-tools10
python10
testing10
pip-compile10
apex10
salesforce10
test-automation10
command-line-interface9
pytest9
data-modeling9
packaging9
command-line9
cli9
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
SFDO-Tooling/CumulusCI
Mar 2019 - Nov 2022
Python framework for building portable automation for Salesforce projects
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:7 releases, 648 reviews, 1207 commits in 3 years 8 months
Contributions summary:David contributed to the test suite by adding and modifying tests related to the "is multi currency enabled" feature. The commits focused on validating the behavior of the system, by interacting with Salesforce APIs using the provided libraries. The changes involved testing functionalities related to currency settings and advanced currency management, with the user adding tests that verified how the system behaved under various conditions.
pythonsalesforceautomationportablepython-framework
SalesforceFoundation/EDA
Mar 2020 - May 2022
Education Data Architecture
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:38 reviews, 60 commits, 47 PRs in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:David's contributions focused on modifying Apex classes within the Salesforce Education Data Architecture (EDA) repository. The commits involve refactoring code, updating existing functionality, and integrating changes from different branches, primarily related to updating user profiles and enhancing existing features. The changes include modifications to classes for relationship auto-creation, account model settings, and individual accounts, indicating a focus on improving data management and system behavior within the EDA framework.
data-architectureedadata-mesheducation-datajava
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