Summary
Bill Leidy is a Software Development Engineer II at AWS with 11 years of experience building performant web applications and back-end systems. He brings a rare combination of advanced language and teaching background (PhD in Slavic studies) and a foundation in physical chemistry to software development, which informs a methodical, analytical approach to engineering. Previously at BenchPrep he led a rewrite of a multi-tenant account management app into a modern Vue.js single-page application and drove performance optimizations that improved core data-processing tasks by orders of magnitude. His stack experience spans Ruby on Rails, Vue/ES6, PostgreSQL, Redis, and pragmatic SQL optimizations, plus front-end work shipping marketing redesigns as a sole developer. Based in Seattle, he writes about technical topics on his personal site and favors elegant, data-driven solutions that balance user experience with operational efficiency.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (double major), Bachelor of Arts (double major) at University of Rochester
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at Stanford University
English, Russian, Polish