Devon Winrick
Staff Software Engineer DBA at Employ
San Jose, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDevon Winrick is a Staff Software Engineer and DBA based in San Jose with 11 years of experience building and scaling data-intensive platforms. He specializes in database architecture and performance—managing large sharded MongoDB deployments, designing query/index strategies, and creating tools like a query capture-and-replay system that replays production throughput in test environments. Devon pairs deep backend engineering (C, Node, Java) with product-minded platform work, having driven rapid feature launches and state expansion for insurance and reputation platforms. He’s built public-facing projects such as FastComments and SidewaysData and contributes to niche projects like ETLegacy and NetPanzer, demonstrating a taste for both web scale and retro tech. Known for practical, people-centered solutions, he focuses on enabling teams with better observability, tooling, and knowledge transfer. A hands-on leader, he balances day-to-day coding with mentoring and operational ownership to keep databases “happy.”
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at CWCTCGreensburg Salem
Github Skills (200)
benchmark10
openapi10
azerothcore10
api10
event-loop10
multiplayer-game10
vertx10
api-client10
windows10
rest-api10
high-performance10
mesonbuild10
rest-client10
reactive10
react-component10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
FastComments/fastcomments-wordpress-plugin
Oct 2020 - Aug 2024
Contributions:1 release, 2 PRs, 185 pushes in 3 years 11 months
FastComments/fastcomments-typescript
Oct 2020 - Mar 2023
Common FastComments TypeScript Types
Contributions:95 commits, 4 PRs, 118 pushes in 2 years 5 months
typescripttypescript-types
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