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Dan DiGangi

Build experiences, not software

Senior Software Engineering Manager

Chicago, IL · dandigangi@proton.me · dandigangi.com · linkedin.com/in/dandigangi

Summary

Senior Software Engineering Manager in Chicago, IL. Engineering leadership for 9+ years, software engineering for 20+.

Chicago, ILdandigangi@proton.mePersonal email address available on request.Build experiences, not software

Full work history and experience available on LinkedIn

Experience

Senior Software Engineering Manager

Postmark (Layoff)

  • Scaled email throughput from 2B to 3B+ emails/month in 10 months, maintaining ~200ms per message processing performance through MTA expansion and infrastructure growth.
  • Prevented $1.5M+ in fraud by architecting a multi-layer security platform spanning AI content moderation, fraud detection, WAF/firewall edge protection, and eHawk traffic analysis.
  • Grew the engineering organization from 6 to 11 FTE and hired 6 contractors, expanding delivery capacity across .NET backend, web, platform/SRE, and security/compliance functions.
  • Led cross-functional initiatives including pricing redesign, high-traffic legacy Windows service migration, ZenDesk migration, SOC2 compliance, and large-scale billing platform migration.
Apr 2024 — Sep 2026

Senior Software Engineering Manager

ActiveCampaign — Velocity (Layoff)

  • Led and hired the Velocity team (3 reports) delivering special projects, features, and applications supporting the BTS org across finance, growth, and internal services.
  • Redesigned agile/SDLC processes from ideation to delivery, adopted across all BTS teams, reducing defect rates (~16%) through new testing requirements and reintroduction of Playwright E2E testing suites.
  • Coached engineers across BTS growing their technical, product, and business skill sets while collaborating with cross-functional partners to develop org-wide roadmaps.
May 2023 — Sep 2023

Senior Software Engineering Manager

Arrive Logistics

  • Led the TSO (3 reports), finance/accounting (8 reports), and load services (9 reports) teams responsible for core business operations from shipping to financial transactions across 20 direct reports.
  • Delivered complex E2E shipping workflow UIs leveraging federated modules, new finance microservices, 3rd party accounting integrations, and re-architected the service domain model.
  • Delivered an automated real-time AI/ML based shipment pricing model in collaboration with the data science team and led a Docker to Kubernetes migration across highly coupled organization-wide applications.
Jul 2022 — May 2023

Software Engineering Manager

DocuSign

  • Built and scaled CLM's Buy/Sell team from the ground up, hiring 7 full stack engineers responsible for buy/sell contract management, party management, global user experience, and accessibility.
  • Delivered WCAG 2.1 accessibility across major UI components in collaboration with enterprise customers, ensuring compliance at global scale.
  • Implemented on-call rotations and E2E test automation increasing coverage by 60%+ and reducing regressions and escalations (~9%).
May 2020 — Jul 2022

Software Engineering Manager

OpenLane

  • Promoted from Lead Frontend Engineer to Engineering Manager, growing to lead 3 product engineering teams across 12 engineers, 2 contractors, and 1 manager spanning React, Node, Java, and Python.
  • Led integration of DRIVIN engineering through the OpenLane/KAR acquisition, built a redefined cross-functional SDLC, and scaled delivery capacity through internal and 3rd party recruiting.
  • Delivered complex financial and analytics products using TensorFlow pricing models, established front end standards of practice, increased testing coverage (~42%), reduced defects (~21%), and stabilized release processes.
Jul 2017 — May 2020

UX Software Engineer

ClearStory Data (Acquired)

  • Collaborated with the Chief UX Architect using LucidChart and Sketch to design wireframes and custom visualizations for complex enterprise data interaction flows.
  • Delivered a large-scale data ingestion, management, and BI tool using React, Backbone, and D3 serving enterprise customers including APIs, CSV, SQL/PSQL databases, and Aurora/Snowflake warehouses.
  • Tested with Mocha, Jasmine, Casper, and Selenium including visual regression testing.
Sep 2014 — Aug 2015

Lead Frontend Software Engineer

Apartments.com

  • Led 3 front end developers building a content management, advertising, and MLS product replacing a custom Knockout implementation with Angular 1.
  • Developed and delivered a PPC advertising platform generating $7MM ARR for marketing with a site-wide API for engineers using Javascript and Google Ads.
  • Maintained and sunset legacy applications post Angular release, testing with customers over 4.5 months, and trained engineers on Javascript architecture, patterns, and best practices.
  • Technical speaker for internal company conference on Javascript, Angular, and building front-end systems.
Oct 2012 — Sep 2014
Education
Other
  • React Chicago Conference Organizer
  • ActiveAbility Mental Health ERG Founder
  • Postmark Open Source Contributor
  • Leadership Speaker & Writer
  • Engineering Mentor & Educator
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