David Binnion

About David Binnion

A Software Engineering Manager aiming for the Director of Software Engineering role. Companies hire me to solve complex problems and guide teams through use of front end tools and structures. When brought on to a company, I come on as: A mentor - I am talented at breaking down complex topics into more easily understood formats. I am further able to identify when direct mentorship is needed. I\'ve helped with getting developers adjusted to their new roles as well as pushed them to make it to the next level in their careers. A hiring agent - I am capable of identifying people with both the ability for development in the target role and the potential to improve beyond it. Much like the companies I seek to join, I value efficiency in work and the ability to think through problems for the best solutions. An AI architect - I focus on adaptive AI models. My experience in this space makes me qualified to design structures for models that go far beyond solving basic problems. The model I created for research is a genetically evolved string that acts as the DNA for a neural network\'s structure and weight, with a main network and secondary network to interact as the unconscious and conscious minds, respectively. A software developer - I have a diverse background that makes me experienced at quickly learning and applying new languages. My go to languages are Python, Dart, and JavaScript, but my first was Java, and most recent was Dart. Focus: Web Development, Application Development Skills: Python, Golang, TypeScript, Dart, SQL Jira, Management, Forecasting, Budgeting

Experience

1. Software Engineering Manager

   HungerRush

   Jan 2023 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   Management: • Successfully onboarded and contributed to the hiring of motivated personnel with a 28.57% hire rate, resulting in a high-performing team. • Enhanced team efficiency and productivity by implementing processes that improved parallelism, leading to a 25% reduction in time spent on tickets. • Streamlined collaboration among managers and developers across multiple teams, ensuring effective cross-team testing and seamless coordination. • Aligned department-wide OKRs across various IC levels, driving cohesive goal setting and ensuring focused efforts towards key objectives. • Mentored and coached newer managers and leader-level ICs, fostering their professional growth and enabling them to achieve significant performance improvements. • Ensured adherence to PCI compliance standards and provided clear documentation for decision-making processes related to PCI, ensuring regulatory compliance and risk mitigation. • Significantly minimized errors by implementing full end-to-end error logging and automated test coverage on every pull request, resulting in a remarkable 89% reduction in error rate. • Ensured full front-end logging to track contributing factors to customer attrition. • Added documentation and guided team through its creation and maintenance to ensure tickets would only need to be solved once. • Moved team away from low-reliability Azure File-Sync to high-reliability Redis. • Amended release process to streamlined system designed for CI/CD pipelines. • Assisted team members with conflict resolution. Datadog, Sentry, Cloud (AWS/Azure): Regularly monitored server metrics and logs using Datadog, Sentry, and Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure) to identify areas for improvement in team processes and product performance. C#.Net: Successfully upgraded the.Net version from 4.0 to 4.8, enabling the integration of Sentry code and enhancing the overall system stability and reliability.

Education

• Illinois Institute of Technology

  BS, Humanities/Humanistic Studies

  2008 — 2012

• Georgia State University

  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, 3.54

  2016 — 2021

• Georgia State University

  Master of Science (MS), Computer Science, 3.38

  2014 — 2016