Luke Davis
Staff AI Engineer at Planet
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLuke Davis is a Staff AI Engineer based in San Francisco with 13 years of experience building production AI, cloud, and voice assistant systems across startups and Google. He brings hands-on expertise in backend engineering and platform integrations—contributing notable work to Actions on Google client libraries and Dialogflow codelabs, including internationalization and type-annotation improvements. His career spans roles from founding startups to leading technology at robotics and space-focused companies, and he helped build mission control tooling for large spacecraft fleets. Comfortable bridging product and infrastructure, he combines pragmatic engineering with a knack for refactoring and shipping reliable systems at scale. Something not obvious: his academic background in biology and anthropology underpins a systems-oriented, cross-disciplinary approach to solving complex engineering and user-facing problems.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Valedictorian, Valedictorian at Independence High SchoolBA, Biology, BA, Biology at University of Mississippi
javascript, python, html, css, sql, Arabic
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Github Skills (15)
dialogflow10
nodejs10
javascript10
nodejs-library10
internationalization9
dialogflow-es9
android-intent6
google-assistant-sdk6
android6
firebase6
actions-on-google6
api-ai6
google-assistant-api6
webhooks6
chatbot6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
actions-on-google/codelabs-nodejs
Apr 2018 - Jun 2018
Actions on Google Codelabs
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits, 1 PR, 1 push in 2 months
Contributions summary:Luke primarily contributed to the Dialogflow implementation for the "Actions on Google Codelabs" repository. Their work involved modifying the Dialogflow intents, including adding comments, renaming entities, and implementing permission handling. They also introduced internationalization features, suggesting a focus on making the Actions compatible with multiple languages and regions. The user also updated and refactored existing code, demonstrating a working knowledge of Javascript and the Actions on Google platform.
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actions-on-google/actions-on-google-nodejs
Dec 2017 - Mar 2018
Node.js client library for Actions on Google
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 1 push, 20 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:Luke primarily contributed to the Node.js client library for Actions on Google, adding features and making improvements. They implemented brand verification requirements for suggestion chips, and added type annotations to the code. The user refactored code by moving Enums to the prototype of AssisstantApp and integrated changes from other contributors via merges.
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