David Najork

About David Najork

I don\'t appreciate computer jokes.Not one bit.I\'m a Palo Alto native and I studied Computer Science, in Tucson, at the University of Arizona.I began my tech journey as a backend developer, but I have grown to enjoy the freedom and versatility of being a full stack software engineer.I am also very interested in Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence.

Experience

1. Founding Software Engineer

   Firestrike

   Dec 2025 — Present · Palo Alto, CA, US

   Owned end-to-end engineering for FireSeek, an internal research product that connects allocator-style questions to investor and firm data through a full web UI, APIs, and scheduled data jobs integrated with our warehouse and search stackLed customer-facing exports and delivery: rich spreadsheet generation, recipient and scheduling controls, timezone-aware send windows, and stronger observability so recurring jobs behave predictably in productionShipped programmatic SEO and publishing for public deal intelligence pages, with automated publish workflows, structured metadata, and feed/sitemap integrations, while keeping generated content clear and production-ready at scaleHardened data ingestion and publishing pipelines with clearer failure modes, idempotency, and operational guardrails, and tightened how those jobs interact with our database and CI checksContributed to in-product discovery across people, companies, and market events (search, filtering, and list experiences) and to access controls for sensitive datasets; owned the people enrichment pipeline (discovery, augmentation, deduplication, and operational controls) that powers those views and customer exportsWorked with TypeScript, Next.js, Python, Supabase, Pinecone, OpenAI, Claude, and Vercel-style hosting and automation

Education

• Foothill College

  Computer Science

  2016 — 2017

• University of Arizona

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science

  2017 — 2020

• University of Washington

  Engineering

  2014 — 2015

Skills

• Python
• C++
• Java
• Matlab
• Machine Learning
• Gnu Octave
• Mips Assembly
• Linux
• Unix
• Os X
• Windows
• Latex
• Prolog
• Programming
• Computer Architecture
• Solidworks
• Cad/Cam
• Cnc Manufacturing
• Leadership
• Microsoft Excel
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft Word
• Management
• Customer Service
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Illustrator
• Plasma Cutting
• Tig Welding
• Milling
• Rapid Prototyping
• Glassblowing
• Emergency Medicine
• Googling
• Git