Wil Alvarez
Software Engineer at Gusto
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWil Alvarez is a seasoned software engineer based in Seattle with 16 years of engineering experience and a 12+ year focus on building resilient APIs, developer platforms, and backend services across Java, Python, Ruby, JavaScript and C#. He has driven impact at scale—improving test reliability and deployment velocity at Amazon, leading multi-service platform efforts and partner integrations at Groupon, and now contributing to Gusto’s engineering efforts. Wil blends hands-on system design (AWS, Docker, CDK, DynamoDB, Lambda) with people leadership—mentoring teams, organizing NodeSchool Seattle workshops, and championing high quality standards and documentation. An avid game developer and Unity user, he brings a gamer’s curiosity to technical challenges and a track record of reducing operational toil while enabling self-service for large developer populations.
16 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer's degree Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Engineer's degree Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Universidad Nacional Experimental Politécnica 'Antonio José de Sucre'Linux Administrator Network and System Administration/Administrator, Linux Administrator Network and System Administration/Administrator at Centro Nacional de Tecnologías de la Información
Spanish, English
Github Skills (59)
unity3d10
twitter-client10
twitter10
python10
google-play-games10
spinner10
desktop10
esx10
dialogue-systems10
libuv10
protocols10
backend10
mongoose9
java9
spanish9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
satanas/dotfiles
Feb 2012 - Apr 2021
Contributions:57 commits, 36 pushes, 1 branch in 9 years 3 months
satanas/infectors
Feb 2015 - Dec 2017
Contributions:103 commits, 3 PRs, 64 pushes in 2 years 10 months
sokobangamesteroids
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