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David Helmer

Engineering Leader

Atlanta, GA

> SKILLS

Engineering team management Technical hiring Mentorship Product delivery Roadmap planning Cross‑functional collaboration
AWS
TypeScript Python Go C#

> EXPERIENCE

AcuityMD

Remote

2025-09 present
  • Managing the Territories pod

Komodo Health

Remote

2023-10 2025-09
  • Progressed from launching a new product team to managing multiple engineering teams across developer tooling, platform infrastructure, and data products with high reliability and compliance needs.
  • AI Ethics Council (2025-05 to 2025-09): guide policy and implementation standards for responsible generative AI.
  • Founded and scaled the Developer Experience team; delivered MapLab Workspaces, a secure R/Python IDE integrated with platform APIs/SDKs; leading an AI‑powered code assistant for NL→code generation in compliant environments.
  • Managed Universal Cohort Creator (UCC), minimizing downtime through a large cross‑org migration.
  • Managed Analytics API (AAPI), a reusable platform API for analytics/dashboarding in collaboration with data science and infra teams.
  • Led Komodo Publications Planning (KPP), a Salesforce‑native app with a React/AWS portal; launched with Pfizer and Amgen and established as a reliable revenue product; owned hiring, onboarding, delivery process, and product/implementation partnership.
AWS TypeScript Python

Komodo Health

Remote

2021-01 2023-09
  • Built and managed teams delivering platform services and developer experience capabilities with strong SLAs and compliance posture.
AWS TypeScript Python

Komodo Health (acquired Mavens Consulting Jan 2021)

Remote

2020-10 2021-01
  • Established foundations for KPP and platform components later scaled across teams.
AWS TypeScript

Mavens Consulting

Remote

2012-10 2020-10
  • Architected a document portal surfacing approved content to global healthcare workers while complying with country‑specific regulations.
  • Led a centralized global Identity & Consent solution adopted by Lilly, Teva, and AbbVie.
  • Designed and developed a configurable, real‑time Python integration on AWS to keep user account data in sync for Lilly.
  • Implemented Veeva CRM for major clients in Europe and North America.
AWS Python Salesforce

OgilvyOne / DTDigital

Melbourne, VIC, Australia

2010-07 2012-08
  • Led web development (e‑commerce and mobile) for Bunnings, Australia’s largest home improvement retailer.
  • Built a web service for feature parity between website and iOS app for bookarestaurant.com (now OpenTable Australia).
  • Implemented a relevance algorithm to match users with content for planbig.com (Bendigo Bank community platform).
TypeScript C# iOS

Earth Networks

Germantown, MD

2006-08 2010-06
  • Coded and maintained an XML web service delivering weather data to partner developers, including Verizon.
  • Maintained the Message Delivery Engine for weather conditions and alerts via SMS, email, CAP, and WCF protocols.
C# WCF XML

Sonum Technologies

Columbia, MD

2005-01 2006-06
  • Designed and built front‑end applications with NLP‑driven features.
C# .NET

> PROJECTS

Secure R/Python IDE integrated with Komodo APIs/SDKs; powering internal engineering and external HEOR/RWE users in compliant environments; includes AI code assistant.

AWS Python R TypeScript

Mission‑critical cohort platform; led migration with minimal downtime through cross‑org collaboration.

AWS

Reusable platform APIs for analytics/dashboarding in partnership with data science and infrastructure teams.

TypeScript Python AWS

Salesforce‑native app with React/AWS portal; launched with Pfizer and Amgen; became a reliable revenue product.

Salesforce React AWS

Centralized identity/consent solution adopted by Lilly, Teva, and AbbVie.

AWS Python Salesforce

> EDUCATION

University of Maryland, College Park

2002-08 - 2006-05
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