David Valdman

San Francisco, California, United States

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David Valdman is a seasoned software leader and founder with 14 years of experience building production-grade graphics, mobile, and analytics systems from the ground up. He co-founded Standard AI, where he led computer vision, mobile/web, and data science teams and later served on the board, demonstrating both hands-on engineering and strategic leadership. Previously he led Tangram.js as Graphics Lead at Mapzen and was Chief Architect at famo.us, scaling an engineering org while driving a WebGL map rendering engine used for creative cartography. With a PhD in applied mathematics and early work as a quantitative modeller, he blends deep mathematical rigor with practical product delivery. Currently self-studying AI and language models in San Francisco, he brings a rare mix of research pedigree, front-end graphics expertise, and startup operational experience.

14 years of coding experience

7 years of employment as a software developer

BA Mathematics, BA Mathematics at New York University

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Applied Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Applied Mathematics at UC Santa Barbara

Russian, English

Stackoverflow

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413reputation

11kreached

8answers

3questions

Github Skills (17)

webgl10

javascript10

render10

browserify10

maps10

testing9

babel69

babel-core9

babeljs9

documentation6

famous6

rotation6

meteor6

backbonejs6

amazon-s36

Programming languages (12)

TypeScriptC#C++BikeshedCSSJavaScriptElmGo

Github contributions (5)

tangrams/tangram

Apr 2016 - May 2017

WebGL map rendering engine for creative cartography

Role in this project:

Front-end Developer

Contributions:397 commits, 37 PRs, 195 pushes in 1 year

Contributions summary:David contributed to the development of the Tangram WebGL map rendering engine, making significant changes to build processes and the test environment. Their work involved using Watchify, Babel, and BRFS to manage source code transformations and watch for code changes. Additionally, they updated the project's testing infrastructure, transitioning tests to use a Karma configuration.

leafletrendering-enginewebgltangrammagic

Famous/famous

Apr 2014 - Jul 2014

Contributions:192 commits in 3 months

javascript

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