Douglas Sappet
Senior Manager, Developer Experience at Lyft
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolDouglas Sappet is a senior engineering leader with 11 years in software and a background in electrical engineering, now focusing on Developer Experience at Lyft to remove friction and scale engineering creativity. He progressed through technical and managerial roles at Meltwater—culminating as Director of Software Engineering—bringing hands-on experience in application frameworks, full-stack .NET development, and platform delivery. Known for a Strategic and Analytical mindset, he combines results-driven execution with strong people skills to accelerate teams and improve developer productivity. His early career in equipment development and freelance web design gives him a practical appreciation for systems-level thinking and user-facing polish. Based in Toronto, he blends technical depth with a bias for action, often translating ambiguous challenges into clear, high-impact engineering missions.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
UMass LowellMSEE Masters Electrical Engineering, MSEE Masters Electrical Engineering at University of Massachusetts at Lowell
Github Skills (71)
contenteditable10
movie9
editorjs9
datepicker9
ckeditor9
wysiwyg9
tinymce9
calendar-widget9
evaluation9
ace-editor9
rich-text-editor9
esi9
text-editing9
editing9
pentesting9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
dsappet/upper-dot-case
Jun 2017 - Oct 2020
Upper Dot Case String
Contributions:2 PRs, 7 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 4 months
stringdotdot-caseupperstring-case
meltwater/esi-include-webpack-plugin
Dec 2019 - Jan 2022
Webpack 4 plugin to inject an esi comment for prod OR fetch and do the injection in dev
Contributions:1 review, 56 commits, 23 PRs in 2 years 1 month
webpack-plugindevprodinjectionesi
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