David Emelianov

I build products for web and mobile.

San Francisco, CA

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About

Full stack engineer, product manager, growth hacker, and 2x founder.

Work Experience

Roblox

2024 - Now

Senior Software Developer

Full stack engineer for Roblox economy team working the avatar marketplace.

Trimbox
Acquired

2021 - 2025

Co-founder & CEO

Co-founded the company and led frontend engineering + user acquisition + revenue optimization. Scaled to $200K+ MRR and 1M users, completely bootstrapped. Acquired by Mode Mobile in 2025.

Flexport

2023 - 2024

Senior Software Developer

Full stack web engineering at Flexport trucking. Built systems for carrier onboarding, performance tracking, and billing accuracy.

OffTop
Acquired

2017 - 2023

Co-founder

Developed the MVP and recruited the team. Led development of the Android app (1M+ installs) and web app. Scaled the company to profitability. OffTop was acquired in 2023.

Microsoft

2017 - 2021

Software Engineer

Worked on the Common Data Service under Microsoft Dynamics. Primarily front end web development as well as some middleware and backend services.

Product Engineering Intern

Designed, developed, and launched Streamable for Xbox (the simplest way to access, edit, and share your Xbox replays). Organized and executed a successful launch strategy.

Cognoa

2015

Product Engineering Intern

Generated landing pages, managed growth strategies, assisted with new feature rollouts. Created, ran, and analyzed split tests. Contributed to the design and testing of web and mobile applications.

Education

University of Texas at Austin

2012 - 2016
Bachelor's Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Skills

React
TypeScript
JavaScript
React Native
Android
Next.js
Node.js
Express
CSS
HTML
AngularJS
Java
GraphQL
Ruby On Rails