Duncan Standish is a Lead Engineer in New York with 11 years of experience building and guiding web teams, currently shaping engineering at The Atlantic after rapid internal progression from Software Engineer to Lead. He blends a liberal arts background—a history degree and early study of jazz drums—with rigorous web development training from Flatiron, giving him a rare mix of narrative thinking and technical craft. Duncan has shipped product and front-end work across agencies and startups (HICKIES, Bellweather, Athletics) and coached learners as a Technical Expert at Thinkful, so he’s equally comfortable mentoring and shipping code. Colleagues praise his ability to translate ambiguous editorial and design needs into maintainable web platforms, and his non-obvious strength is turning improvisational problem-solving—learned from music—into pragmatic engineering trade-offs.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Web Development, Web Development at Flatiron School
Bachelor’s Degree History, Bachelor’s Degree History at Oberlin College
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