Donald Stolz
Co-Founder & Head Of Engineering at Walter AI
Austin, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolDonald Stolz is a startup-focused engineering leader and Co-Founder currently heading engineering at Walter AI, bringing nine years of software experience and 7+ years of full‑stack practice across React/Next, TypeScript, NestJS, serverless functions, and cloud platforms like AWS and GCP. He has repeatedly led migrations and live-site transitions—splitting traffic between old and new systems—while shaping long-term technical direction and onboarding engineering teams. Donald pairs hands-on front-end craftsmanship (notably contributing UI templates to Unstoppable Domains’ decentralized websites repo) with backend and infra work using Terraform, Firestore, Lambdas, and AppRunner. He’s built product-grade integrations with Stripe, SendGrid, and PayPal, and applies AI tooling (LLMs, Cursor) and Google Cloud Tasks to scale data processing and user insights. Based in Austin and pursuing a master’s in AI, he blends product-minded engineering with an entrepreneurial track record of launching and exiting projects.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Artificial Intelligence, Master's degree Artificial Intelligence at Penn State UniversitySoftware Engineering, Software Engineering at 42 Silicon ValleyHigh School General Studies, High School General Studies at St. Louis University High SchoolChemistry, Chemistry at Assumption UniversityBachelor’s Degree Software Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree Software Engineering at Loyola University Chicago
Spanish, English
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Github Skills (5)
html10
web-development10
ui-design10
react9
javascript9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
unstoppabledomains/decentralized-websites
Feb 2020 - Oct 2020
Repository for resources on building decentralized websites
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 57 commits, 34 PRs in 8 months
Contributions summary:Donald primarily focused on creating and modifying UI templates within the repository. They uploaded and modified HTML templates, including those for different website styles like "gentle" and "outstanding." Additionally, the user added and updated examples that included UI components and basic react-app examples. This indicates a focus on creating user interfaces and implementing front-end elements.
ipfsethereumblockchainweb3decentralized
donald-stolz/Piscine_42_July_2016
Jul 2016 - Aug 2017
Contributions:18 commits, 17 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
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