Daniel Hamilton

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Director of Engineering at Coalition, Inc.

Austin, Texas, United States

Overview

Daniel Hamilton is a hands-on engineering leader at Coalition, Inc. with over 14 years of experience. He specializes in building scalable distributed systems, applied AI platforms, and high-velocity teams. Daniel holds a Bachelors degree from Purdue University and excels at shaping roadmaps and coaching senior engineers and managers.

A unique fact about Daniel is that during his time at Indeed. com, he successfully built a product from its initial incubation phase to generate over $13 million in annual revenue.

Personality Overview

Fast Follower

Challenger

Friendly Yet Blunt

They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince.  They are likely to ask many questions and look heavily for supporting proof as well as information. They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing

Topics They Care About

Applied AI Platforms
He is currently hiring engineers to build an internal AI platform using RAG pipelines and multi-agent systems, indicating a strong focus on applied AI and LLMs.
Scaling Engineering Orgs
He has extensive experience scaling teams, leading a 20+ person organization at Coalition, and focuses on coaching senior Individual Contributors and Engineering Managers.
Distributed Systems
This is a core area of his expertise, mentioned in his professional headline and reflected in his work leading architecture for high-scale features.

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Work History

8-2024
Director of Engineering at Coalition, Inc.
5-2022 - 8-2024
Senior Software Engineering Manager at Coalition, Inc.
11-2019 - 5-2022
Software Engineering Manager at Indeed.com
11-2017 - 11-2019
Staff Software Engineer at Indeed.com
5-2015 - 11-2017
Senior Software Engineer at MapMyFitness - Under Armour Connected Fitness

Education

2005 - 2009
Bachelor from Purdue University

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Exp : 15 Location : Austin, Texas, United States Job Level : Mid-senior Designation : Director of Engineering at Coalition, Inc.
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Insights For Selling To Daniel

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Leverage 'negging', or the art of asking negative questions like "you must not be convinced yet..."
  • Be prepared for a mix of questions and inquisitiveness, answer them in the tone in which they have been asked
  • Help them realize that any personal risk in making this decision is far less compared to what the results could mean for them

DONT's

  • Don’t rely excessively on your relationship with them to win the deal even if you come to form one
  • Don’t try to rush them into a decision, provide all necessary information first
  • Don’t be too objective but make sure to pad your storytelling with data points

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Daniel is

  • Proven value, strong objective evidence are important for them, rapport can impact decisions a little.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Daniel

  • They are practical and friendly, but can give a clear response with a little prodding

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Daniel move?

  • They like to be detailed, so unless they develop strong conviction, they can take their time to arrive at decisions
  • Can Daniel take some risk or not?

  • They evaluate their decisions systematically and do not take risks that often, unless you can get them to develop strong conviction

You And Daniel

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