David Drew

David Drew is a highly experienced software engineer currently serving as Lead Software Engineer at Klaviyo since March 2023, where responsibilities include setting the technical direction and development standards for the frontend stack. As the Owner of Drew Wood and Mercantile, a building and contracting company established in April 2021, David focuses on custom indoor and outdoor projects. Previous roles include Front End Engineer at Amazon Music, where David contributed to a React Native library and built a Figma plugin, and Staff Software Engineer at Zendesk, where work involved analytics tooling and frontend platform development. David's technical expertise has been further demonstrated in positions at Premise Data, R/GA, Jama Software, Google/Nest Labs, and LinkedIn, emphasizing skills in frontend architecture, team collaboration, and internal tooling development. David holds a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Arizona State University, awarded in 2005.