David Reynolds
Principal Software Engineer at Echodyne
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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SeniorDavid Reynolds is a Principal Software Engineer in Seattle with 12 years of experience building distributed systems and infrastructure software, currently focused on Kubernetes, Docker, and Go at Echodyne. He has a strong track record migrating and modernizing platforms—leading Mesos-to-Kubernetes and GitLab CI migrations that improved reliability and deployment velocity. His background spans designing high-availability messaging and geospatial systems used by major logistics customers, implementing firmware-friendly compression, and deploying monitoring and secrets automation at enterprise scale. As a founder and co-founder of multiple startups, he pairs hands-on engineering with product and operational pragmatism, often shipping bespoke tooling like git mirroring and custom Kubernetes auth webhooks. He excels at turning legacy constraints into production-grade solutions and has repeatedly stepped into interim DevOps leadership roles to drive measurable improvements. Based in Seattle, he combines deep systems-level experience with an operator’s focus on observability, security, and repeatable deployments.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (66)
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kubernetes10
go10
docker10
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scheduling9
kubernetes-monitoring9
cpp8
python8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
davidreynolds/gos2
Jun 2014 - Mar 2015
Contributions:13 commits, 7 pushes, 3 branches in 9 months
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davidreynolds/s2-geometry-library
Apr 2015 - Sep 2016
Contributions:25 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
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