Will Gilman
Director Of Applications Development
Orinda, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWill Gilman is a product-minded technology leader with nine years of experience building and scaling investment and fintech platforms across startups, institutional finance, and Big Tech. He has led end-to-end delivery of mission-critical products—from architecting a daily risk and attribution platform for $20B in high-yield credit to launching Schwab’s Personalized Indexing and SoFi’s self-directed trading and crypto experiences—while hiring and organizing cross-functional teams. Comfortable both as a hands-on engineer and strategic director, he founded a fintech startup where he chose Elixir/Phoenix for reliability and built a live payments pipeline processing hundreds of thousands of transactions. Will’s background blends quantitative analytics training with product ownership, enabling him to translate complex financial requirements into scalable APIs and operational platforms. Based in Orinda, CA, he is known for turning prototypes into production in high-pressure timelines and for driving measurable business outcomes through technology.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
BA Political Science, BA Political Science at University of California, BerkeleyMaster of Science (MS) Predictive Analytics, Master of Science (MS) Predictive Analytics at Northwestern UniversityDiploma Completion of MA Coursework International Relations, Diploma Completion of MA Coursework International Relations at The American University in Cairo
English
Github Skills (96)
dwolla10
hex10
elixir10
plaid10
realtime9
api-server9
tinder8
database8
data-mapping8
cardview8
phoenix-framework8
java8
postgresql7
sql7
swift7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
wfgilman/plaid-elixir
Nov 2018 - Oct 2022
An Elixir Library for Plaid
Contributions:23 reviews, 30 commits, 71 PRs in 3 years 11 months
elixir-libraryhexelixirelixir-langplaid
wfgilman/Commuter-iOS
Feb 2019 - Jun 2022
Contributions:10 commits, 7 pushes in 3 years 5 months
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