David Watkins
Lead Software Engineer at Watch Duty
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Watkins is a Lead Software Engineer in San Francisco with 13 years of experience building reliable, production-grade systems for large-scale restaurant operations and beyond. He progressed through multiple engineering roles at Zenput—helping it scale from early-stage product to acquisition by CrunchTime—and has continued shaping operational software at CrunchTime and now Watch Duty. Comfortable across the stack, David focuses on elegant solutions that translate real-world operational needs into maintainable code and developer-friendly platforms. He brings hands-on leadership, mentoring engineers through promotions and complex integrations, and a track record of shipping software used across thousands of locations globally. Trained in Computer Information Technology with a web development minor, he pairs practical full-stack chops with a long-standing commitment to solving messy, real-world problems.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Information Technology with minor in Web Development, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Information Technology with minor in Web Development at Champlain CollegeSage HIll School
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Github Skills (93)
scroll10
phonegap-plugin10
phantomjs10
pushwoosh10
capacitor-plugin10
apache-cordova9
javascript9
swift9
cordova-plugin-file9
energy9
phonegap9
cordova-android9
gmail9
cordova-plugin9
cordova9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
zenput/cordova-plugin-buildinfo
Jun 2017 - Mar 2022
Contributions:2 PRs, 7 pushes, 7 branches in 4 years 9 months
watch-duty/capacitor-plugins
Aug 2021 - Feb 2025
Official plugins for Capacitor ⚡️
Contributions:3 reviews, 9 PRs, 22 pushes in 3 years 6 months
capacitorionicandroidios
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