I'm Davis Keene, a software engineer from the Greater Boston Area now living in New York City. It's a pleasure to meet you!

These days, I'm at Handshake AI, designing and engineering systems that source, route, and QA expert judgments for frontier model training and validation

Before this, I spent five years at a startup called Jellyfish, building the leading engineering management platform. It was there that I learned how to build software from the ground up; I worked with incredible engineers on some really hard problems, like predicting when software projects would reach completion, increasing our product's retention through relentless experimentation, creating intuitive search interfaces, scaling from one engineering team to many, and learning how to build a culture that lasts.

In my spare time, I enjoy yo-yoing, drinking oat milk lattes and matcha, and watching TV shows like Mr. Robot, Severance, I Think You Should Leave, and How I Met Your Mother. I also love listening to music by Two Door Cinema Club, Porter Robinson, The Marías, Still Woozy, Tobi Lou, and Magdalena Bay.

I also write my thoughts down occasionally over on my blog.

Long ago (May 2022), I graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a degree in Stats & CS. While in college, I tried to leave my school better than I found it by:

• Co-founding an organization to create open-source software for students.
• Running a 501(c)(3) non-profit to support student entrepreneurs.
• Serving as the Head Course Assistant for the largest undergraduate CS course in the Midwest.
• Connecting with professors, meeting wonderful life-long friends, and graduating—in the midst of a global pandemic.

I’m always looking for thoughtful challenges and good people to build with. If you have a project or idea you’d like to discuss, feel free to reach out. Thanks for stopping by!