DJ Petersen

Software engineer living in Seattle, WA. Currently working at . I've been working professionally for over a decade building applications across the entire stack from the browser to the database.

Over my career I have been fortunate enough to work at , , , , and .

I bring deep technical expertise across the entire stack, from diving into the intricate parts of the JavaScript runtime (parser/interpreter) all the way to infrastructure deployment (setting up Kubernetes clusters). This rare breadth of knowledge enables me to architect holistic solutions that optimize every layer of the technology stack. My experience spans from early-stage startups (20th employee at ) to leading teams at some of tech's biggest names.

DJ Petersen

Notable Projects

Software engineering projects spanning IRC clients to analytics frameworks, built while working at leading technology companies.

Open Source

Subway

IRC chat client

AWS

Console Analytics

Real-time analytics

Library

Flow Like Water

Task orchestration library

Tool

HTML Linter

Static HTML analysis tool

14+
Years Experience
6
Companies
100M+
Users Impacted
Career

Professional Experience

Meta • AWS • Bytedance • Uber • Flexport • Shift

Connect

Interested in discussing technical leadership opportunities or complex engineering challenges? Let's connect:

LinkedIn — Professional background & experience
GitHub — Code samples & contributions
Email — For direct inquiries

Based in Seattle, Washington