W Parker
Software Engineering Manager at Indeed.com
Austin, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolW Parker is a senior software engineering manager based in Austin with 11 years of industry experience and a strong academic foundation (MA in Chemistry) complemented by nine peer‑reviewed publications. He has progressed through hands‑on engineering roles into leadership at Indeed, where he now directs teams building product-scale systems while retaining a developer’s mindset. His background spans full‑stack web development (PHP/Laravel, JavaScript), API design, and modernization practices like CI/git and MVC, rooted in earlier CMS and contract work. Colleagues rely on him for translating complex requirements into pragmatic, auditable solutions and for mentoring engineers through technical and operational growth. An unexpected strength is his research pedigree, which informs a rigorous, data-driven approach to product and engineering decisions.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts - MA, Chemistry, 3.72 / 4, Master of Arts - MA, Chemistry, 3.72 / 4 at The University of Texas at AustinBachelor’s Degree, Chemistry, 3.95 / 4.00, Bachelor’s Degree, Chemistry, 3.95 / 4.00 at University of Central Arkansas
Github Skills (28)
sendgrid-api9
continuous-integration8
aws8
to-do8
testing8
lambda7
hugo-theme7
aws-lambda7
python7
serverless6
developer-tools6
serverless-framework6
django6
hugo6
sendgrid6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
rparker-indeed/alluvian-engine
Aug 2020 - Sep 2020
A MUD-engine in python based on mud-pi. Inspired heavily by tbamud/circlemud and evennia. Forked from mud-pi by Mark Frimston.
Contributions:67 commits, 14 PRs, 43 pushes in 1 month
evenniapythonmudpypytext-based
rparker-indeed/inia_v2
Dec 2018 - Oct 2020
INIA web application version 2 in Django.
Contributions:7 PRs, 91 pushes, 6 branches in 1 year 9 months
djangopythonweb-application
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