David Whittaker
Security Software Engineer at Squeaky Dog Studios
Los Gatos, California, United States
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Top SchoolDavid Whittaker is a Security Software Engineer and seasoned internal consultant with over two decades of experience blending security, organizational development, and technical delivery. Currently at Netflix, he leads projects to embed secure coding practices and builds internal tools that automate data collection and analysis to drive measurable security improvements. His background spans roles from product security and tools engineering at Qualcomm to co-founding a mobile app studio that shipped a Wear OS watch face with millions of downloads, showing both enterprise-scale program leadership and hands-on product engineering. David is known for creative, cross-functional initiatives that change culture and process—often translating complex security goals into practical training, tooling, and metrics. Based in Los Gatos, he combines academic rigor in industrial optimization with a track record of shipping analytics-driven automation and developer-facing security solutions.
12 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, San DiegoCascadia Community CollegeMS, Industrial Optimization, MS, Industrial Optimization at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
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Github Skills (28)
compose10
kotlin-coroutines9
kotlin9
coil9
androidx9
image-loader9
android-library9
compose-multiplatform9
okhttp9
coroutines9
okio8
android8
image-loading8
kotlin-android8
camera7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
sparkistic/dynamic-game-services
May 2014 - May 2014
Contributions:22 commits, 1 comment in 1 month
sparkistic/android-image-picker
Sep 2021 - Sep 2021
Image Picker for Android 🤖
Contributions:1 push, 2 branches in 1 day
imageimage-pickerandroid-libraryandroidpicker
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