Spinning up new ideas, one disk at a time.

I'm David Glover

david05glover@gmail.com | 4089661311

About Me

I'm a full-stack developer who enjoys creating usable tools. I've built data-driven apps, campus utilities, robotics software, and hackathon projects. Recently I've been focused on computer vision for collectibles and real-time updating UIs with solid backend foundations.

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Python C C++ Java JavaScript Node.js React PyQt6 Flask MongoDB SQL AWS OpenCV Web Scraping Git/GitHub Docker

Projects

Experience

Research Pathways Fellow

JLab Smart Sensing

June 2026 - March 2027
  • Designed machine learning experiments for RF-based soil sensing across four field and laboratory datasets, including cross-site validation and feature ablation.
  • Built reusable ML evaluation pipelines comparing regression models across handcrafted, PCA, kernel PCA, autoencoder, and CNN-based features.
  • Developed an end-to-end radar signal-processing pipeline to transform raw radar captures into soil permittivity estimates.
  • Contributed experimental methodology, ML evaluation, and analysis to a research paper on non-invasive soil compaction sensing.
  • Built a multithreaded Python tool to concurrently collect and log measurements from three sensor systems.
  • Developed curriculum and onboarding materials for Introduction to Research for Engineers.

Undergraduate Researcher

JLab Smart Sensing

January 2026 - Present
  • Led development of NodeFlow, a full-stack irrigation monitoring and control platform used across four farms.
  • Designed REST APIs and backend services for sensor ingestion, hardware management, authentication, and historical data retrieval.
  • Built an automated irrigation engine using real-time sensor measurements, configurable thresholds, and manual overrides.
  • Implemented real-time sensor updates with Socket.IO and simulated hardware services for end-to-end testing.
  • Improved application reliability through database migrations, automated testing, GitHub Actions CI/CD, and containerized AWS deployment.

Software and Data Intern

New Instance Coffee

June 2024 - January 2026
  • Automated Python data pipelines and MySQL queries to analyze product performance metrics and generate management reports.
  • Developed backend workflows and deployed containerized services to improve web performance and analytics.

Lead Programmer

UCSC Rover Team

September 2024 - Present
  • Led software development for a 40+ member interdisciplinary team competing in the University Rover Challenge.
  • Developed rover control systems using Python, C++, and OpenCV while mentoring members on Git, Python, and SSH workflows.

Supervisor

The Buttery Bakery

July 2024 - Present
  • Promoted to supervisor within six months, managing and training 10+ employees in a high-volume café.
  • Oversaw daily operations, scheduling, and customer service while maintaining efficient team workflows.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

University of California, Santa Cruz

2023 – 2027
  • Honors
  • 3.8 GPA
  • Dean's List

Resume

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