Gavin Doughtie
Senior Developer at Aon
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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SeniorGavin Doughtie is a Senior Developer based in San Francisco with 15 years of experience building native iOS and web applications, from early work on Picasa and Google Photos to modern monorepo architectures at Aon. He blends front-end craftsmanship (React, Angular, Web Components) with backend and infrastructure skills (Node, Python/Django, GraphQL, Docker, AWS CDK), and has recently contributed Rust-based CosmWasm smart contracts for interchain DAOs. Comfortable in both startup and large-company environments, he has prototyped and shipped mobile experiences at Google including Flutter projects and deep iOS integrations like photo editing and onboarding. His background in animation and game tooling informs a strong sense for performant graphics and UX, and he has a track record of migrating and consolidating complex polyglot codebases into maintainable systems. Known for preferring small, fast-moving teams, he combines pragmatic engineering with a curiosity for new platforms and governance-focused blockchain work.
15 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (6)
governance10
smart-contracts10
dao10
rust10
cosmwasm10
interchain9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
DA0-DA0/dao-contracts
Nov 2021 - Feb 2022
CosmWasm smart contracts for Interchain DAOs.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:39 commits, 1 PR, 5 pushes in 2 months
Contributions summary:Gavin's primary contributions focused on smart contract development within the CosmWasm framework. They made changes to schema JSON files, removed empty enums, and updated contract definitions. Additionally, they added regenerated contracts and made modifications to message structures for proposals. Their work involved the use of Rust and related tooling within the context of interchain DAOs and governance.
daointerchaindaosrustethereum
gavindoughtie/rust_book
Dec 2020 - Jul 2022
Contributions:112 pushes, 22 branches in 1 year 6 months
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