David Idol

About David Idol

Developer of all things web, backend, mobile, and more! 10+ years of experience in the industry, plus lots of fun side projects and open source.

Experience

1. Software Engineer

   District

   Mar 2025 — Present

   Part-time IC contributor on a small engineering team building a next-generation, highly customizable marketplace platform.Helped design and build a greenfield AI-powered agent tool that enables users to create fully customized marketplaces for selling physical goods (e.g. trading cards, sneakers, antiques)Built systems allowing users to converse directly with an AI agent to generate, structure, and design complete marketplace pagesContributed to advanced WYSIWYG editing and theming capabilities, comparable to modern site builders (e.g. Squarespace-style customization)Worked on core marketplace functionality including product catalogs, live stream selling, chat, and merchant-facing configuration toolsPlayed a key role in evolving the product from a previously rigid marketplace model to a highly flexible, customizable platformWorked closely with product and design as part of a 3–4 person engineering team, focusing on rapid iteration, quality, and real-world seller workflows.

Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  Computer Science

  2008 — 2010

• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science

  2010 — 2012

• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Master of Science (MS), Computer Science

  2012 — 2013

Skills

• C#
• Jquery
• Html
• Mongodb
• C++
• Flash
• Reactjs
• Sql
• Linux
• Gwt
• Hibernate
• Node.js
• Ajax
• Distributed Systems
• Android
• Computer Science
• Mac
• Python
• Swing
• Css
• Javascript
• Actionscript
• Bash
• Eclipse
• Photoshop
• Java
• C
• Programming
• Objective-C