David Eric Kellerman, Developer in New York City, United States
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David Eric Kellerman

Front-end Developer

New York City, United States

Toptal member since May 23, 2022

Bio

David is a full-stack web developer with vast experience, from developing features to a tech lead role. His focus is on the front end, coding major high-traffic apps in React, TypeScript, and CSS. Still, he developed also REST APIs with Python, Django, and Node.js, built many types of databases, and deployed using Google Cloud, Kubernetes, and Firebase. David enjoys working with designers to fully comprehend and execute requirements in a maintainable way.

Portfolio

Kopperfield, Inc.
React, Django, Python, TypeScript, Next.js, SQL, GraphQL
Coupang - Rocket on Demand
Vue, TypeScript, CSS, i18n, Front-end
Spotify
TypeScript, React, Node.js, Contentful, CSS, Python, Kubernetes, JavaScript...

Experience

  • CSS - 20 years
  • JavaScript - 20 years
  • Django - 10 years
  • Python - 10 years
  • Responsive UI - 8 years
  • Node.js - 5 years
  • TypeScript - 3 years
  • React - 3 years

Preferred Environment

Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Google Cloud, Google Hangouts, Zoom

The most amazing...

...thing I've developed is an app for a healthcare company, helping people and businesses solve their problems.

Work Experience

Full-stack Developer

2025 - 2025
Kopperfield, Inc.
  • Developed full-stack features related to online electrical tools with Django, Next.js and GraphQL.
  • Worked closely with the growth manager to increase revenue and subscriptions via targeted UI changes.
  • Fixed bugs and addressed issues on in production deployment.
Technologies: React, Django, Python, TypeScript, Next.js, SQL, GraphQL

Front-end Developers

2022 - 2023
Coupang - Rocket on Demand
  • Served as part of a team that redesigned and upgraded the truck shipment interface.
  • Upgraded the code to use a modern tech stack with Vue 3 and TypeScript.
  • Delivered in iterations, using rollout flags and carefully managing changing requirements and ongoing maintenance of existing deliverables.
Technologies: Vue, TypeScript, CSS, i18n, Front-end

Web Engineer | Technical Owner

2019 - 2022
Spotify
  • Led a team that maintained the artists.spotify.com website, which received over 300,000 weekly hits. Rebuilt the site from scratch using React, TypeScript, and CSS. Oversaw every aspect of the site, including deploying and tracking.
  • Built a web app version of the Spotify Live client with React, working with a designer and two other team members to implement the UI under a tight deadline. Included responsive layout for mobile web browsers and web sockets for audio streams.
  • Developed a search engine for artists.spotify.com site powered by Elasticsearch, including UI in React and TypeScript and Python scripts for updating indexes, and performed cluster deployments to Kubernetes.
  • Onboarded several contractors and full-time employees to our team by providing training and documentation support and owning a product.
Technologies: TypeScript, React, Node.js, Contentful, CSS, Python, Kubernetes, JavaScript, HTML, HTML5, Next.js, Front-end

Senior Software Engineer

2012 - 2019
Castlight Health
  • Built a web app from scratch for health care benefits to managers used at many large companies such as Walmart, AT&T, and Comcast.
  • Used Django, PostgreSQL, and AngularJS and included responsive design, data warehouse syncing, and a full unit testing suite.
  • Contributed to other projects and teams, including leading a group of 5-6 contractors in different locations to revamp the UI for the main product.
  • Learned technologies such as Rails, AngularJS, Google Analytics, and Elasticsearch.
Technologies: Django, PostgreSQL, AngularJS, CSS, Node.js, JavaScript, HTML, Full-stack, Django REST Framework, Front-end

Experience

Spotify for Artists

http://artists.spotify.com
The project aimed to rebuild a Spotify for Artists website's front door into a self-serve marketing portal.

I played a key role in rebuilding it from scratch using React, TypeScript, CSS, and Contentful CMS and made it fully responsive and fully tracked in Google Analytics.

Skills

Libraries/APIs

React, Node.js, Vue

Tools

Google Analytics

Languages

TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, HTML5, Python, CSS, SQL, GraphQL

Frameworks

Next.js, Django, AngularJS, Django REST Framework

Platforms

Contentful, Firebase, Kubernetes

Storage

PostgreSQL

Other

Responsive UI, Front-end, Full-stack, i18n

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