David Remer is a seasoned software leader and Team Lead at Automattic with 11 years of professional experience building and shipping web solutions from Mytilene, Greece. He progressed from web developer roles into senior engineering and leadership at Automattic, focusing on reliable, data-consistent back-end systems for content platforms. As a contributor to the prominent WP REST API project, he has deep familiarity with WordPress core API behavior, permissions, revisions, and relevance-based search—skills that reflect attention to data integrity and real-world API ergonomics. He combines hands-on backend development with team leadership, mentoring engineers while driving API and platform improvements. Colleagues rely on him to translate complex schema and permission requirements into robust, maintainable implementations.
The WP REST API has been merged into WordPress core. Please do not create issues or send pull requests. Submit support requests to the forums or patches to Trac (see README below for links).
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:29 commits, 12 PRs, 1 push in 6 months
Contributions summary:David primarily contributed to the back-end logic of the WP REST API, addressing issues related to data presentation and API behavior. Their work included modifying post data inclusion based on schema definitions, ensuring data consistency during create/update requests, and implementing relevance-based search functionality. The user also fixed an issue with user context permissions and extended revisions functionality, showcasing a focus on core API functionality and data integrity.
Contributions:2 commits, 1 push, 1 branch in 14 days
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