Hello, I am

Ian Woodard.

I am a
Software Engineer.
Web Enthusiast.
Problem Solver.
Developer.
Software Engineer.

I am a software engineer who specializes in backend infrastructure as well as full stack development.

About Me

I currently work as a Software Engineer at DoorDash on the Deploy Platform team. I work to promote safe and efficient deployments at scale across the company. I have a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Northeastern University.

I love to build web applications in my free time. I have a wide range of experience with different technologies and frameworks. I am always looking to learn new things and expand my knowledge.

DoorDash Logo Sentry Logo Lyft Logo Snap Inc. Logo Philips Logo Wolfram Alpha Logo DoorDash Logo Sentry Logo Lyft Logo Snap Inc. Logo Philips Logo Wolfram Alpha Logo

Projects

Folder Icon
Resume Stamp

Resume Stamp is a free online resume builder that helps people make professional, ats friendly resumes.

Folder Icon
Code Practice

Code Practice is a free platform for practicing solving programming problems.

Folder Icon
Northeastern University Covid Tracker

A custom covid tracker used to help better visualize Northeastern University's covid testing and case data.

Timeline

January 2026 - Present

DoorDash

San Francisco, CA

Software Engineer

Working on the Deploy Platform team.

June 2023 - January 2026

Sentry

San Francisco, CA

Software Engineer

  • Led the design and implementation of a new real-time delivery platform (Redis Stream, Rust gateway, SSE frontend SDK) to stream backend data to frontend clients, enabling seamless adoption by the AI/ML team and future product teams.
  • Guided 2 new graduates and 2 interns through project scoping, development, and delivery, ensuring they successfully shipped impactful projects.
  • Developed and implemented an innovative internal tool to enhance developers' visibility into currently deployed changes across various services within the company.
  • Enhanced deployment safety by implementing canary deploys and incorporating soak time into the deployment process, reducing risk of widespread issues.
May 2022 - August 2022

Lyft

Seattle, WA

Software Engineering Intern

  • Created the foundation for large scale automated code refactoring using concrete syntax trees in Python.
  • Utilized automated code refactoring to safely replace usages of and ultimately deprecate a library.
  • Developed linting to detect issues with unpinned mypy additional dependencies.
January 2022 - April 2022

Snap Inc.

Santa Monica, CA

Software Engineering Intern

  • Overhauled logic for configuring how uploaded media is handled across Snapchat, impacting billions of uploads on a daily basis.
  • Engineered efficient algorithms for simplifying and evaluating complex propositional logic.
June 2021 - August 2021

Lyft

Remote

Software Engineering Intern

  • Utilized Python to develop a Slack bot to be used by regulatory agents within the company to more easily perform regulatory actions.
  • Employed pytest and unittest as a means to mock and test my code.
  • Developed an internal tool that uses a Python Flask API for the back end and uses React JS and MobX for the front end.
January 2021 - June 2021

Philips

Remote

DevOps/Software Engineering Intern

  • Utilized C# to build off of and refactor existing code used to automate tests for a $200 million product.
  • Developed automated tests with C# utilizing BDD methodologies in an agile environment.
July 2020 - September 2020

Wolfram Alpha

Remote

User Interface Developer

  • Utilized C# and XAML to fix countless bugs for an app update that went live to the Microsoft Store.
  • Developed new features to modernize the Wolfram|Alpha application built on the Universal Windows Platform (UWP).

Contact