Dave Lage

Full-Stack Product Developer

Founder, Software Engineering, Marketing, Ecogarden Design, Aug 2017 - Present

  • Developed a 2D web-based landscape design software that is optimized for all devices
  • Created a user-friendly interface for the software, leveraging principles of UI/UX design
  • Developed and executed a successful marketing strategy targeting gardeners, educators, and homeowners
  • Implemented a continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) pipeline utilizing GitLab CI and Azure Pipelines to build the web and Tauri application for Windows, Mac, and Linux
  • Acquired expertise in spatial design, UI/UX design, CI/CD pipelines, email marketing, content marketing, social media marketing, and testing

Senior Software Engineer, BuySellAds, Dec 2015 - Jul 2017

  • Expertly architected and built infrastructure for AWS EC2 and S3 deployment, including the creation of local developer VMs using Packer
  • Successfully refactored the custom Object Relation Model to support PHP 7
  • Led the introduction and adoption of React and SCSS among developers

Technical Lead, Virb, 2010 - 2013

  • Designed and developed a pivot from a social network to a website builder, resulting in $2M ARR with over 20,000 user-made websites
  • Hired and led the growth of the engineering team to 5 developers
  • Developed administrative and analytics tools that provided valuable insights to business, marketing, and support teams
  • Implemented CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and a Slack bot
  • Created developer VMs to replicate the production environment
  • Led the infrastructure and software architecture of custom base software implementations

Lead Programmer, Virb, 2008 - 2010

  • Designed, built, and maintained a highly scalable and reliable infrastructure for over 450k users and 20 million images, video, and audio files, including database management, file storage, and integrity
  • Created a contextual feed system that showcased socially relevant content and comments for over 450k users, improving user engagement and retention
  • Improved system performance by 50% through the implementation of object pooling and caching and the simplification of database queries in the ORM
  • Successfully integrated with a CDN for the efficient streaming of images, audio, and video

Programmer, Virb, 2006 - 2008

  • Developed VirbTunes, a highly successful tool that tracked and displayed tracks played in iTunes, gaining over 36M records
  • Created and maintained a robust three-database rotating, real-time statistics system for over 450,000 users, utilizing Memcached and MySQL to ensure uninterrupted service over a period of five years
  • Designed and implemented scalable systems for video and audio processing using FFmpeg and LAME, handling over 1M files with ease

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