David Rogers

Ruby on Rails | Web Developer

About Me

Welcome to my website where I discuss topics I am interested in and keep all my thoughts, Tech related or not, with an emphasis on web development and free and open source software.

I am a backend developer by trade but do have some experience with front-end technologies. I believe in continuously learning and improving my skills to stay updated with the latest trends in web development.

Skills Summary

Ruby
Rails
Graphql
AWS
Kubernetes
Docker
Postgres
Redis
Sentry
Datadog
Git
Github
Jira
Agile
Elixir
Crystal
OOP

Experience

Head of Technology — Secutor Solutions

August 2025 – Present · Marondera, Zimbabwe

Working with automating the tasks in a security company to optimize team resources and reduce human cost, implement as many automated systems to aid with monitoring and data collection for running analysis on to spot anomalies, working with both hardware and software to improve efficiency

Skills: Ruby, Rails, Machine Learning, Python, ELRS, WebSockets, Postgres, Redis

Ruby Developer — IG Group/tastytrade

November 2023 – July 2025 · Krakow, Poland/Remote

Part of a development team working on bugs and new requirements for the application, as well as new integration with 3rd parties and migrating to newer versions of ruby, rails and sidekiq

Skills: Ruby, Rails, REST, Postgres, Redis

Engineering Manager — Jalappeno

April 2023 – Present · Warsaw, Poland/Remote

Managing teams and organizational tasks, assigning projects and tasks, mentoring and coaching team members, managing budgets and resources, and ensuring that the company is aligned with the company's strategic objectives and goals.

Skills: Ruby, Rails, REST, Postgres, Redis

Ruby on Rails Developer — Monterail

October 2021 – October 2023 · Wroclaw, Poland

Working on a legacy Ruby on Rails application which has been being worked on for 12 years, it has a variety of technologies inside, including: Graphql, Kubernetes, AWS-S3, Sidekiq, Redis, Postgres, Seperate Read-write databases and Datadog, Sentry for monitoring

Skills: Ruby, Rails, Graphql, Postgres, Redis, Kubernetes, AWS