Todd Birchard
Lead Software Engineer at Hackers and Slackers
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolTodd Birchard is a Lead Software Engineer and data-focused engineering leader with 10+ years building scalable pipelines, automation, and product-focused systems across agencies and startups. Currently driving people-centric data architecture at FanDuel and previously at WeWork, he combines hands-on engineering with team leadership and a knack for turning messy business processes into reliable, automated systems. Founder of Hackers and Slackers, he mentors a community obsessed with practical data science and engineering while maintaining open-source work like a Plotly Dash + Flask tutorial that emphasizes clean code and UX. Known for moving projects from concept to production, Todd blends product instincts from agency and PM roles with deep technical execution—and surprisingly credits fatherhood as part of his real-world credibility.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BS Digital Media, BS Digital Media at Drexel University
English, Polish, japanse
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (12)
html10
css10
python10
dashjs10
flask10
flask-ask10
plotly10
data-visualisation9
data-visualization9
data-visualizations9
javascript4
data-analysis4
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
toddbirchard/plotlydash-flask-tutorial
Mar 2019 - May 2022
📊📉 Embed Plotly Dash into your Flask applications.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:84 commits, 29 PRs, 72 pushes in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Todd primarily worked on refactoring and cleaning up the project, focusing on code style and naming conventions. They updated various files including the main application, routes, and templates. They also incorporated visual and style updates, implementing the application's HTML layout and adding site metadata for improved SEO and user experience.
data-analysispythondashflaskplotly-dash
toddbirchard/gatsby-ghost-stockholm
Sep 2019 - Dec 2022
🟣 👻 Blog theme exceeding the limitations of Ghost CMS with dynamic features, user accounts, and extended data model.
Contributions:1959 commits, 17 PRs, 251 pushes in 3 years 4 months
cmsdynamic-featuresstatic-siteghost-blogdata-model
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