Available for new opportunities

Hi, I'm David — I build reliable software that protects revenue.

Software Engineer with 8+ years shipping SaaS that protects revenue and speeds delivery. Off the clock I run my own server and self-host the apps I build — I'm as into hardware as I am software — and I treat AI as a real engineering tool, not just a feature to bolt onto a product. I care about resilient deployments, structured logging, and shipping faster across .NET and the modern web.

Lynnwood, WA
David Pilat
8+
Years building software
$40M
Revenue stream protected
10%
Retention lift shipped

Tools I work with

C#TypeScriptJavaScriptJavaSQLHTML/CSS.NETASP.NETEntity FrameworkReactNext.jsNode.jsSQL ServerPostgreSQLNoSQLETL / Data EngineeringPrismaAzureAWSDockerCI/CDGitHub ActionsMicroservicesStructured LoggingTestingRunbooksGit / GitHubSerilogHangfire

Featured projects

A few things I've designed, built, and shipped.

Preview of OnDemand Restoration

Marketing, lead-generation and site modernization for a Restaurant services company.

Next.jsReactTypeScriptTailwind CSS
Preview of Glossa Babel

Worship slides in seconds, in any language.

Next.jsReactTypeScriptVercel
Preview of Genuine Flooring

Business website for a flooring company.

Wordpress

Homelab

I self-host my apps on my own hardware — no third parties.

Proxmox VE
zeus
Proxmox VE host
online
CPU
Intel Core i7-14700K
Cores
20 cores / 28 threads
Memory
94 GB
GPU
NVIDIA Quadro P2000
OS
Proxmox VE 8.4
Uptime 138d 3h
CPU load1%
Memory used12/94 GB
CPU · last 24h
16/16 services running
Synology NAS
Network storage
~82.1 TB
Volume 113.03 / 27.93 TB
RAID 5 · 8 TB drives47% used
Volume 20.09 / 1.79 TB
SHR · 1 × 2 TB5% used
Volume 335.6 / 52.36 TB
SHR (1-drive fault tolerance) · 4 × 20 TB68% used

Services

Live status · 24h uptime · response time
AMP Game Servers100%
Docker100%
Neko Browser100%
Homarr100%
Emby100%
Jellyfin100%
Plex100%
Wizarr100%
Blackbox Exporter100%
Grafana100%
Prometheus100%
PVE Exporter100%
Cloudflare Tunnel100%
Nginx Proxy Manager100%
Pi-hole100%
OnDemand Restoration60ms100%

Latest writing

Notes on .NET, CI/CD, and keeping production boring.

On GitHub

What I've been building in the open.

Let's build something reliable.

I'm open to software engineering roles and interesting projects. The fastest way to reach me is email.