David Bradford is a highly experienced software engineer with a diverse background spanning over two decades in various roles and organizations. Currently serving as a Senior Software Engineer at Graphite since July 2022, David focuses on full-stack development and has taken ownership of merge-related features. David previously held significant positions at MongoDB as a Staff Software Engineer and Lead Engineer, where contributions included leading the Decision Automation Group and enhancing developer productivity tools. With a strong foundation established at IBM, David has worked on clustered filesystems and AIX Logical Volume Manager features. Additionally, David has extensive experience in quality assurance and automated testing, further exhibited through roles at Yodle and Ticom Geomatics. A founder of BalAustin and a past president of the Austin Swing Syndicate, David holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Utah.