David Swenson

David Swenson

Millbury, MA

david@swensond.com

Summary

Senior Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience designing cloud-native applications, distributed systems, and developer platforms. Proven record leading AWS migrations, modernizing legacy systems, mentoring engineers, and delivering production software across healthcare, SaaS, and nonprofit sectors. Expert in full-stack development with Python, Java, C#, TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, and React, with deep experience building scalable backend services, CI/CD pipelines, serverless architectures, and microservice-based systems.

Experience

Global Unity Impact
Senior Software Engineer
Chicago, IL
March 2023 - Present
  • Architected and developing full-stack web applications with React, TypeScript, MongoDB, Bun, and Hono, enabling a scalable platform serving nonprofit operations.
  • Designed and implemented RESTful APIs using TypeScript, Node.js, MongoDB, Bun, and Hono, ensuring type safety and maintainable backend services.
  • Managed MongoDB databases for data storage and retrieval, optimizing query performance, indexing strategies, and operational reliability.
  • Accelerated development velocity by integrating AI coding tools (Qwen, GitHub Copilot), reducing boilerplate time and improving code review quality.
Evive Health LLC.
Senior Software Engineer
Chicago, IL
January 2022 - March 2023
  • Built and maintained production microservices and web applications using Python, Java, C#, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, and AWS.
  • Engineered an automated messaging system that eliminated manual communication bottlenecks, improving platform responsiveness at scale.
  • Led development of a demo sales site to explore strategic product iterations for myevive.com, directly informing user experience decisions.
  • Designed and deployed a cross-microservice auditing layer that enforced data integrity and became a critical reliability pillar across the platform.
Evive Health LLC.
Software Engineer II
Chicago, IL
July 2021 - January 2022
  • Owned cross-platform application development in Python, Java, C#, and TypeScript, spanning backend services and customer-facing interfaces.
  • Integrated ephemeral GoCD agents into CI/CD pipelines, reducing build times and accelerating automated testing and deployment workflows.
  • Mentored an intern from onboarding to production — guiding the full design and build of a serverless medical code mapping API that shipped to production.
  • Built an external authentication service enabling partners to generate access tokens for API calls on behalf of end users.
  • Migrated the internal authentication system to Auth0, strengthening security posture and improving system scalability.
Evive Health LLC.
Software Engineer
Chicago, IL
August 2019 - June 2021
  • Introduced TypeScript into backend development, improving code consistency, type safety, and long-term maintainability.
  • Implemented AWS CloudFormation and infrastructure-as-code practices, standardizing and automating environment provisioning.
  • Architected AWS Lambda–based serverless solutions that improved scalability while reducing operational overhead and infrastructure costs.
  • Led the migration of internal tooling from Rackspace to AWS, improving infrastructure management and system performance.
  • Integrated GoCD into the development pipeline, establishing robust continuous integration and deployment workflows.
  • Drove company-wide adoption of an accessibility-compliant frontend framework, raising WCAG compliance and modernizing the user experience.
  • Launched Evive Care in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, delivering a real-time search platform for state and county testing sites used by thousands of employees.
WiserTogether Inc.
Software Engineer
Boston, MA
April 2018 - July 2019
  • Built and maintained a Cordova-based mobile application for iOS and Android, delivering feature parity across platforms for mywiserhealth.com.
  • Migrated analytics infrastructure from Adobe to a self-hosted Matomo instance, improving data privacy and organizational control over user analytics.
WiserTogether Inc.
Jr. Software Engineer
Boston, MA
December 2015 - March 2018
  • Developed and maintained applications using Python, PHP, Java, and TypeScript across backend services and frontend interfaces.
  • Introduced TypeScript to the frontend codebase, improving code maintainability and enabling scalable feature development.
  • Containerized backend services and migrated infrastructure from OpenShift to Aurora Apache, improving system performance and scalability.
  • Transitioned the build pipeline from Travis CI to Jenkins, streamlining continuous integration and deployment workflows.
  • Designed and implemented a public-facing API service, ensuring security, scalability, and developer-friendly documentation.
Continuum Managed Services, LLC
Software Engineer Intern
Boston, MA
January 2014 - December 2014
  • Developed and maintained Continuum Cloud Console (C3) and Sync247 platforms using PHP and JavaScript, delivering key features to production.
  • Expanded C3 integrations with additional cloud providers, broadening platform capabilities and customer options.
  • Supported fellow interns in mastering RESTful API development, contributing to team growth and knowledge sharing.

Skills

Languages
PythonJavaC#TypeScriptJavaScriptPHPSQL
Frontend
ReactTailwind CSSHTML5CSS3SvelteAccessibility Standards (WCAG)
Backend
Node.jsBunRESTful APIsAuth0Serverless ArchitectureMicroservices
Databases and Caching
MongoDBPostgreSQLMySQLDynamoDBRedisMemcached
Cloud & DevOps
AWSCloudFormationECSLambdaDockerCI/CDGoCDJenkinsTravis CIGitHub ActionsRackspace
Testing
VitestJestPytest
AI Tools
GitHub CopilotQwenLM Studio

Education

Wentworth Institute of Technology
2011 - 2015
Boston, MA
Bachelor of Science in Computer Networking