Derek Tor
Software Engineer at Datadog
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDerek Tor is a seasoned software engineer based in New York with 11 years of experience building front-end and mobile products, currently contributing at Datadog after leading mobile and AI-driven features at Brex. He specializes in JavaScript, React.js and React Native, and has a strong background in design systems and component libraries from his work on LG’s Enact UI for webOS TV. Derek has bridged developer education and product engineering—teaching at Coding Dojo, mentoring with Meta, and assessing front-end talent at Triplebyte—bringing both technical depth and a knack for translating complex UX requirements into production-ready components. He’s comfortable leveraging advanced LLMs to enhance user experiences and has a history of open-source and developer-evangelism activity that amplifies his pragmatic, user-centered approach to building software.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Economics, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Economics at San José State UniversityCoding Dojo
Github Skills (51)
webos10
react-components10
javascript10
enyo10
assistive-technology10
javascript-framework10
lg10
inferno10
react10
typescript9
webapp9
build-environment9
cli8
eslint8
webpack8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
rundmt/hackernewsplus
Oct 2014 - Mar 2015
Contributions:11 commits, 1 push in 4 months
rundmt/react-native-flexbox-grid
Mar 2016 - Oct 2017
Contributions:2 releases, 24 commits, 10 PRs in 1 year 8 months
reactreact-nativeresponsive-gridresponsivegrid
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