Zach Davis
Principal Engineer at LaunchDarkly
Oakland, California, United States
Summary
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SeniorZach Davis is a Principal Engineer and seasoned technology leader with over 20 years of experience scaling products and teams from early startup stages to market leaders. He joined Atlassian and LaunchDarkly very early, helping both grow through hands-on frontend development, product redesigns, and developer-facing platform work that unlocked revenue and ecosystem growth. At LaunchDarkly he has led large engineering organizations, built hiring pipelines, and recently returned to an individual contributor role focused on product quality, developer efficiency, and AI enablement. Known for establishing durable engineering culture and frontend practices, he combines product-minded craftsmanship with operational rigor. Based in Oakland, he brings rare continuity across startup-to-scale journeys and a practical knack for turning developer tools into revenue-generating capabilities. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic leadership that balances shipping velocity with long-term platform health.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (89)
multiselect10
testing10
autocomplete10
react-autocomplete10
editable10
sdk10
wai10
autosuggest10
react-modal10
combobox10
dropdown10
launchdarkly10
webpack10
javascript9
mongoose9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
launchdarkly/node-mongo-seeds
Oct 2017 - Nov 2021
A tool to quickly populate your mongo db from a set of .json files
Contributions:1 review, 2 PRs, 1 push in 4 years 2 months
mongomongoosejsmongo-dbjson-filesmongoose
launchdarkly-labs/typescript-loc-metric-action
Feb 2021 - May 2023
Contributions:3 reviews, 3 PRs, 7 pushes in 2 years 3 months
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