David Schoutens is a Staff Software Engineer with nine years of senior-level experience building and modernizing web applications, backend APIs, and data platforms across enterprises like Fanatics, ZoomInfo, and Amway. He combines deep database and backend expertise with full‑stack instincts, shipping service-oriented and event-driven systems while guiding teams through language, tooling, and infrastructure upgrades. A resident Git expert and habitual tinkerer—his GitHub bio says "tweaking things to suit me"—he’s comfortable customizing developer environments and automation to accelerate delivery. He’s led cross-functional teams as a technical lead and staff engineer, mentoring peers and driving practices like TDD, CI/CD, and fearless refactoring. Based in Wyoming, Michigan, David brings a pragmatic balance of hands-on coding and strategic architecture that repeatedly turns legacy monoliths into operable, cloud-native services.
9 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science; Mathematics Minor, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science; Mathematics Minor at Grand Valley State University
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes, 2 branches in 1 day
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David Schoutens - Staff Software Engineer at Fanatics, Inc.