D a n  M u r r a y

Madison, Wisconsin
danielmurray

EXPERIENCE

Canny Remote, USA

Founding / Staff Engineer 2019 - Present

  • First engineering hire at a bootstrapped startup; grew ARR 10× ($300k → $3M) within the first 2 years.
  • Championed a novel hiring pipeline that evaluated thousands of candidates in minutes, hiring exceptional engineers and shaping a high-productivity culture as the team grew 1 → 8.
  • Owned data ingestion for Canny Autopilot, an AI-powered feedback system processing millions of daily customer interactions.
  • Built real-time analytics platform aggregating large-scale datasets in seconds, powering dashboards that drove customer upgrades.
  • Automated sales lead qualification with ML model achieving 90% accuracy.
  • Spearheaded new pricing plan converting free users, increasing revenue growth rate by 50%.

Tesla Palo Alto, California

Senior Software Engineer 2015 - 2018

  • Owned diagnostic integration during Model 3 manufacturing ramp, serving as the point engineer across multiple teams to deliver critical firmware routines on deadline under executive oversight.
  • Developed a first-of-its-kind onboard wireless diagnostic system, moving tests from line computers onto the car, enabling earlier testing, greater flexibility, and major improvements in throughput and yield.
  • Rearchitected an internal diagnostic tool to enable third-party shop use under right-to-repair, expanding service capacity 400%+ beyond Tesla facilities.
  • Built service diagnostic system with knowledge base, case tracking, and peer escalation, reducing service visits requiring engineering intervention by 90%.
  • Built visual editor used by 100+ engineers to define 500+ flows, automating service/manufacturing processes.

EDUCATION

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

BS Computer Engineering 2015, GPA 3.54

  • Study Abroad: National Taiwan University, Fall 2013
  • Securifi Co-op (2014): Built e-commerce system for 7,000+ Kickstarter backers, streamlining 8,000+ shipments; developed real-time IoT web app.
  • Solar Decathlon (2011–2013): Led 11-person UIUC/PKU team developing home automation system; traveled to China to oversee construction and present in Mandarin.

SKILLS

AI/ML:

LLM Integration, Embeddings, Data Pipelines, Scikit-learn, XGBoost

Architecture:

Full-Stack (React, Node), Event-Driven (Redis, RabbitMQ), Databases (MongoDB, Postgres)

Growth:

Hiring, Product Strategy, Monetization, A/B Testing, Getting Things Done® (GTD)

Languages:

JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, C++, Go, SQL

Misc:

Fluent Mandarin, Conversational Spanish, Remedial Basketball