Full-Stack Staff Software Engineer based in San Diego, CA, specializing in mission-critical distributed systems, large-scale data pipelines, real-time event-driven platforms, and full-stack enterprise platform development.
Over 14 years architecting scalable, high-performance systems and leading strategic cross-team initiatives that bring products from concept to market. Proven track record mentoring engineers to senior levels while establishing organization-wide technical standards.
- Staff Software Engineer at Platform Science (2020-Present)
- Published author: Junior to Senior: Career Advice for the Ambitious Programmer (Holloway, 2023)
- Built and run Exxahub, an algorithmic stock trading and backtesting platform
AI Tools: Claude Code, Windsurf (IDE), Masta.ai (Agent Framework), PgVector (Database)
Languages & Frameworks: TypeScript, JavaScript, Go, PHP, Java, Kotlin, Python, Vue.js, React, Express.js, Laravel
Databases & Storage: PostgreSQL, MySQL, DynamoDB, Redis, DuckDB, S3
Infrastructure & DevOps: Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Nginx, Linux, Jenkins
AWS Services: VPC, IAM, EC2, SQS, CloudFormation, Lambda, ECS, ECR, CloudFront, Kinesis, RDS, DynamoDB
- Architected micro-frontend platform using Module Federation, enabling independent team development
- Led cross-team Kubernetes initiative consolidating backend services into unified customer-facing platform
- Designed distributed event-driven enterprise systems with TypeScript microservices
- Conducted hundreds of technical interviews and mentored multiple engineers to senior promotions
- Built full-stack applications from infrastructure to frontend across multiple startups
Exxahub - Algorithmic trading platform with no-code editor for building and backtesting trading strategies. Features batch backtesting supporting up to 500,000 variable combinations. Soft launched to 15 paid beta users.
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/davidglassanos
- Email: david.glassanos@gmail.com