Bill Fern
Senior Full Stack Engineer, Technical Lead at When I Work
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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Top SchoolBill Fern is a Senior Full Stack Engineer and Technical Lead based in Minneapolis with a decade of experience building enterprise web applications across Java, Groovy, Ruby, and front-end stacks. He has advanced through senior engineering roles at companies including When I Work, Datasite, Target, and SmartThings, bringing hands-on delivery to security-conscious, data-rich applications. Comfortable leading teams and shipping end-to-end features, he pairs pragmatic engineering with clear communication and a willingness to travel for cross-functional collaboration. A self-starter who quickly masters new tools, Bill’s background includes deep Grails/Groovy experience and a history of working across varied frameworks and industries—an indicator of both technical breadth and adaptability.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Incomplete Bachelor's - Computer Science, Chemistry, Incomplete Bachelor's - Computer Science, Chemistry at University of Wisconsin-Eau ClaireHigh School Diploma, General Education, High School Diploma, General Education at Wayzata High School
English, German, Japanese
Github Skills (31)
iot-application10
tuya10
handlers10
open-source10
upnp10
tasmota10
hue10
smartthings10
zwave10
esp3210
zigbee10
holochain9
iot9
internet-of-things8
android-application6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
whfern/github-is-not-your-cv
Mar 2016 - Mar 2016
Contributions:412 pushes in 1 day
whfern/numb
Aug 2016 - Aug 2016
Contributions:2 PRs, 15 pushes, 2 branches in 1 day
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