Zach Davis

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Zach Davis

Principal Engineer · LaunchDarkly · verified 2026-09-04

Zach Davis is a seasoned engineering leader with more than twenty years building products and scaling teams at high-growth companies. He is passionate about crafting high-quality product experiences, enabling engineering efficiency, and building tools that developers and product teams love. He was an early employee at both Atlassian and LaunchDarkly, and has recently shifted from engineering management to a more direct, hands-on Principal Engineer role leading developer efficiency and AI tooling.

From a paper they wrote for us, 2026

1 in the library1 talkPublishing since 2026

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Publications, talks, and the roles they came out of — one thread, newest first.

2026

Guidance paperAgentic AI and Code Reviews

with Michelle Gill, Elisabeth Hendrickson & 4 others

2026

TalkExorcism of the Haunted Codebase​ — Modernizing Our Oldest, Scariest Code with AI​

AI Summit Spring 2026 · 20 min

2025

RolePrincipal Engineer

LaunchDarkly · 2025

2021

RoleDirector of Engineering

LaunchDarkly · 2021 – 2025

2017

RoleEngineering Manager / Senior Engineering Manager

LaunchDarkly · 2017 – 2021

2007

RoleEngineering

Atlassian · 2007 – 2017