David Van Der Beek
Lead Software Engineer at Figment
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Van Der Beek is a founder and builder with 14 years of product and engineering experience, currently leading Inked Technologies — a no-code workflow and e-signature platform that blends form-driven data collection with document automation. He combines hands-on software development and product leadership with an MBA from Chicago Booth, having led teams and shipped payments and BNPL products as well as developer-focused systems at companies like Figment and Amount. His background spans consulting, technical co-founding, and running a niche consumer business, giving him a rare mix of strategic, financial, and executional fluency. Based in San Francisco, he focuses on practical UX-driven automation and developer ergonomics, and often brings unconventional product instincts honed from earlier ventures such as a retail playing-card brand.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
MBA, Entrepreneurship, Finance, and Strategic Management, MBA, Entrepreneurship, Finance, and Strategic Management at The University of Chicago - Booth School of BusinessBA, Economics and Business, BA, Economics and Business at Lafayette College
Spanish
Github Skills (79)
aasm10
ruby10
state-machine10
dsl10
rails10
fsm-library10
solidity9
api9
html9
partials9
cms9
near9
mvc9
ruby-on-rails9
blockchain9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
CultivateLabs/jetfuel
Jul 2014 - Jan 2016
Contributions:116 commits, 1 PR, 3 pushes in 1 year 6 months
ruby-on-railsherokurailsrubydeploy-to-heroku
dvanderbeek/leather
Jul 2014 - Aug 2017
Contributions:200 commits, 3 PRs, 59 pushes in 3 years 2 months
devise-viewspartialsui-componentsbootstrapdevise
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