Will Koehler
Senior Software Engineer at Hackensack Meridian Health
Columbus, Ohio, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWill Koehler is a senior software engineer and systems architect with 15 years of modern web experience layered on a long career in embedded and enterprise systems. He specializes in distilling complex business needs into simple, reliable software—from hospital pharmacy analytics and R&D tax platforms to healthcare AI applications—and often stays on for long-term maintenance and evolution. Comfortable across stacks (Rails, React/Next.js, Elixir/Phoenix, cloud infrastructure and low-level C/C++), he blends product-minded delivery with hands-on DevOps automation—evidenced by contributions to deployment tooling that improved Ruby/Passenger/Nginx workflows. Will has repeatedly turned domain complexity into measurable business value (client revenue gains, operational savings, and acquisition outcomes), and he brings a pragmatic focus on metrics and deployability that keeps projects shipping. Based in Columbus, Ohio, he pairs deep systems-level thinking from early embedded work with current cloud-native practices to bridge legacy systems and modern AI-enabled healthcare solutions.
15 years of coding experience
33 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Electrical and Electronics Engineering at The Ohio State University
Github Skills (9)
capistrano10
nginx10
devops10
deployment-automation10
ruby10
ubuntu9
mysql8
dockers3
docker3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
rubber/rubber
Jul 2011 - Aug 2014
A capistrano/rails plugin that makes it easy to deploy/manage/scale to various service providers, including EC2, DigitalOcean, vSphere, and bare metal servers.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:26 commits in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Will primarily focused on improving the deployment and management aspects of the `rubber` project. They updated configurations for Passenger/Nginx integration, optimizing the build process and resolving compatibility issues with Ruby versions. Furthermore, they introduced new roles for services like Delayed::Job and FFmpeg, streamlining the deployment workflow. The user also implemented infrastructure-related improvements, such as setting up apt sources and using update-alternatives for Ruby, demonstrating a focus on automation and system configuration.
bare-metalmetalec2railsproviders
willkoehler/opsworks-rails
Nov 2018 - Oct 2021
Contributions:218 pushes, 6 branches in 2 years 11 months
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