Dave Woolner

Software
engineer

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Know
About me

I'm a software engineer and former set lighting technician. I have over 15 years experience as an adaptable problem-solver in the high-velocity film industry. From the nuts and bolts of repairing generators to generating emotional, thought-provoking stories; I'm bringing my whatever-it-takes, team-driven philosophy to software engineering.

I'm passionate about writing clean, dynamic, and maintainable code across diverse teams. I'm a technologist with an artist's soul, who believes every line of code has a story to tell.

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My
Experience

  • May 2024 - Present

    Software Engineer, Full Stack

    wroom.ai

    ● Product Ideation: Integrated insights from my diverse industry background into product ideation meetings, contributing real-world perspectives to shape AI-driven solutions that align with market needs.

    ● AI Tool Research: Conducted thorough research on cutting-edge tools such as Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, and RunwayML, assessing their potential to enhance product capabilities and streamline workflows.

    ● Documentation: Authored comprehensive documentation detailing AI workflows, ensuring clarity and accessibility for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

    ● Prompt Engineering: Developed and optimized AI prompts for tools like Midjourney and Stable Diffusion, identifying model strengths and addressing problem areas to enhance the quality and relevance of generated content.

  • Feb 2022 - May 2023

    Software Engineer, Full Stack

    Voray

    ● Spearheaded the development and deployment of the Community Admin panel, which provided granular control for admin members over their respective communities, significantly reducing the need for operations team administration.

    ● Collaborated with a globally distributed team of engineers using Agile Methodologies in a fast-paced startup environment by leveraging tools such as Git, Slack, and Asana.

    ● Partnered with VP of Product to bring new engineering team members up to speed on codebase and SDLC workflows.

    ● Took ownership in the development and testing of dozens of automated email reminder jobs, saving the operations team hundreds of hours.

    ● Refactored legacy jQuery scripts to functional React components, which substantially increased code maintainability and the ability to test for bugs.

    ● Provided technical support, guidance, and documentation to the operations team and customers, which helped reduce onboarding friction, and increased satisfaction with the product.

    ● Oversaw the transition from in-house custom SCSS to standardized Bootstrap 5.2 SCSS, which reduced complexity, resulting in increased collaboration between engineering and product teams.

    ● Automated Rails/PostgresQL migrations on deployment to Heroku resulting in increased availability and accuracy of data, and eliminating the need to run migrations manually.

  • Dec 2021 - Feb 2022

    Fullstack Software Engineer

    Apache Superset, Preset.io (Volunteer Contributor)

    ● Refactored React class components to functional, and added static typing with TypeScript to increase maintainability.

    ● Remotely collaborated with a team of engineers using Linear for issue-tracking, and Git version control.

    ● Developed within the principles of the Apache Software Foundation, while contributing to the Open-Source Software community.

  • Jun 2021 - Oct 2021

    Full Stack Developer Immersive

    App Academy

    ● Immersive software development course with a focus on full stack web development, which entailed 1000+ hours of coding.

  • Oct 2006 - Apr 2021

    Lighting Console Programmer, Set Lighting Technician (see IMDB.com for full list)

    Motion Picture Studio Mechanics, IATSE Local 52 / Hollywood Studio Lighting Technicians, IATSE Local 728

    ● Designed and programmed dozens of custom lighting algorithms on the spot, in a time-sensitive, high-stress environment.

    ● Collaborated with multidisciplinary team members on 50+ film and television projects/crews, with several resulting in Emmy award-winning cinematography.

    ● Researched new technology and LAN/wireless network solutions daily, resulting in reduced troubleshooting times, and proficiency in referencing technical documentation.

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My
Projects

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Contact Me

Mobile Number

+1 347 882 6981

Email

DavidWoolner@gmail.com

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