David Weid
Senior Website Development Engineer at Datadog
Charlotte Metro United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Weid is a Senior Website Development Engineer with 7 years of experience building high-performance, accessible websites using JavaScript and TypeScript across static and server-rendered architectures. At Datadog he drives web platform improvements for flagship sites and documentation—contributing to well-known repos like Datadog’s docs where he improved navigation, search, and build processes. He combines hands-on front-end craft (mobile UX tweaks, modal/signup flows, code formatting) with team leadership, onboarding, and mentorship to raise overall delivery quality. Known as a calm, collaborative communicator, he pairs user-centric design instincts with measurable performance and SEO gains from his prior marketing-focused role. Outside work he’s a PC gamer and cat dad, bringing a detail-oriented and personable approach to cross-functional partnerships.
7 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Coding, Coding at University of Central Florida
Github Skills (12)
html10
css10
hugo10
javascript10
website-design10
website-development10
tailwindcss10
documentation10
ui-design9
ux-design9
algolia8
go7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
DataDog/documentation
Jun 2021 - Jan 2023
The source for Datadog's documentation site.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:55 reviews, 86 commits, 56 PRs in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:David primarily contributed to the documentation website. Their work included updates to the main menu, adding guides, and refining the navigation. They also made changes to shortcodes and JavaScript components, including fixes for search functionality. Furthermore, the user touched upon build processes, agent configurations, and lambda layer versions.
wikihugodatadogdocumentation-site
vectordotdev/vector
Aug 2021 - Dec 2022
A high-performance observability data pipeline.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:4 reviews, 32 commits, 34 PRs in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:David primarily contributed to the website's front-end development, with a focus on UI and UX improvements. Their work included mobile adjustments to the homepage, code block formatting, and implementing new signup functionality including modal creation and Marketo form integration. The user also addressed styling inconsistencies and improved the download link typography, demonstrating a detail-oriented approach to the website's presentation.
stream-processingeventspipelinerustdata-observability
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