Will Stern
Senior Engineering Manager at Rocket Money
Pacific, Missouri, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWill Stern is a product-focused machine learning and engineering leader with 12 years of experience building full-stack systems and shipping AI-powered products. Currently leading Machine Learning, AI, & Engineering at Rocket Money, he has progressed from senior engineer to tech lead and now team leader, blending hands-on coding with people and product ownership. He founded LearnCode, a developer education channel with over 750,000 subscribers and 45M views, reflecting his commitment to teaching and practical tooling. Will’s background spans complex integrations—electron apps, browser plugins, Excel connectors—and building auditable AI using program synthesis and Z3 rather than opaque models. He’s equally comfortable optimizing backend infrastructure and crafting React front-ends (including Redux/MobX patterns), evidenced by contributions to popular React tutorial repos. Based in Pacific, Missouri, he combines startup grit with enterprise delivery—improving performance and developer experience while keeping product outcomes front and center.
12 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
B.A., Theology, B.A., Theology at Vision International University
Github Skills (7)
javascript10
react-router10
react10
webpacker9
redux9
webpack9
mobx8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
learncodeacademy/react-js-tutorials
Feb 2016 - May 2017
Code that goes along with my YouTube React JS Series
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:45 commits, 22 PRs, 35 pushes in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Will primarily worked on implementing features and components within a React.js application. Their commits show modifications to webpack configuration files, suggesting an understanding of build processes. They refactored HTML into React components and implemented routing using react-router, showcasing proficiency in structuring and navigating a React application. They also integrated and managed Redux for state management and leveraged MobX for managing application state, including using React-Redux bindings.
reactyoutube
learncodeacademy/node-tutorials
Apr 2015 - Nov 2016
Node.js tutorials that accompany the Node.js video course
Contributions:7 commits, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
nodejs
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