David Simandl

David Simandl is an accomplished software developer and engineer with experience in developing with Python/Django, JS, .NET, and J2EE technologies. With a postgraduate certificate in Wireless Telecommunications and a Bachelor of Science in Telecommunications Management and Business Administration, David has worked with various organizations developing full-stack solutions.

As a Full Stack Software Developer at The Global Poverty Project, he was responsible for the frontend and backend engineering of globalcitizen.org in an agile setting. He developed using React.js, Models/Views/Templates in Django, and utility/libraries in Python. Additionally, he integrated 3rd party tools such as SilverPop CRM, SendGrid, Stream.io, Segment, and Twilio to enhance the platform's capabilities. He also developed Django-Rest-Framework for public APIs.

David has experience developing with Flask, VB.NET, Java, and JavaScript, and has used Python extensively for the development of various scripts for different purposes. He developed an internal Flask-based tool to display JSON data from the REST OpenAM API and another internal web-based tool for data masking based on the Flask framework. He also worked on ForgeRock OpenIdM REST API integration and Groovy script development.

As an Independent Software Engineer, David developed a personal website in Django and ranked 6 kyu on 5 kyu on CodeWars. At Identropy Inc., he served as a senior IAM consultant, working with CA Identity Management development, CA SiteMinder form development, Sun Identity Manager development with Xpress, Java via APIs, and JavaScript. At Weyerhaeuser, he worked on Identity Manager development, and at Hospira, Inc., he worked on Identity Management Systems Administration.

Overall, David has extensive experience working in full-stack development and is skilled in various programming languages and frameworks.