Jameson Williams
Sr. Staff Software Engineer at Whatnot
United States
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Top SchoolJameson Williams is a senior staff software engineer with 11 years of experience building high-impact Android and backend systems across Fortune-scale companies. He led consumer surfaces at Reddit as Principal Engineer, rebuilding feeds and video playback to dramatically improve reliability and engagement, and prior to that drove Alexa and AWS Android SDK features at Amazon. At Whatnot he continues to operate at senior technical leadership level, shaping mobile product experiences and engineering strategy. Known for turning performance and reliability challenges into measurable gains—millions of additional playback sessions and one million more feed loads per day—he blends hands-on coding with large-team influence. His dual BS in Computer Engineering and Mathematics and a visiting year at Oxford signal a strong analytical foundation behind pragmatic product delivery. Colleagues would describe him as a systems-minded problem solver who scales both code and teams.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Enrolled Visiting Student Academic Year Mathematics and Computer Science, Enrolled Visiting Student Academic Year Mathematics and Computer Science at University of OxfordBachelor of Science (BS) Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Engineering at Lehigh University
Stackoverflow
6,488reputation
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218answers
13questions
android
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maven-plugin
top-5%
ffmpeg
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Github Skills (200)
graalvm10
authentication10
code-generation10
aws-s310
serverless10
web-development10
android-client10
lambda-functions10
amplify10
codegen10
android-architecture10
aws-apigateway10
api10
kotlin-multiplatform10
aws-amplify10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
jamesonwilliams/kosmos
Mar 2021 - Apr 2022
Authenticate Android users with Amazon Cognito
Contributions:1 review, 44 commits, 10 PRs in 1 year 1 month
amazon-cognitoandroid
jamesonwilliams/cracking-the-code
Aug 2017 - Dec 2023
Solutions to Gayle Laakman's Cracking the Code Interview
Contributions:2 PRs, 11 pushes, 6 branches in 6 years 4 months
crackinggaylecode-interviewcompetitive-programming
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