Will Winder
Senior Software Engineer at Stealth Startup
Sudbury, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolWill Winder is a senior software engineer with 17 years of experience building backend systems, embedded devices, and developer tooling across startups and large organizations. He has deep expertise in Java, Kotlin, C/C++, databases (MongoDB, SQL) and DevOps, and recently focused on scalable analytics and web3 infrastructure. At Algorand he led teams building data access tools, a libp2p-based DHT for peer discovery, and redesigned node and SDK interfaces while improving CI/CD and sandbox tooling. His open-source contributions span high-profile projects like Chainlink and Algorand SDKs—improving cross-chain oracle configs, indexer health checks, and performance of integration tests. Known for tackling low-level systems challenges through to high-level API design, he combines careful troubleshooting with pragmatic automation. Based in Sudbury, MA, he’s actively exploring blockchain protocols like Bitcoin and Ethereum while shipping production-grade distributed systems.
17 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at University of New Hampshire
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Github Skills (74)
python10
testing10
contract10
bash10
c1110
c1710
javas10
embedded10
rest-api10
markdown10
javascript10
solidity10
document-generation10
dockers10
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Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
algorand/sandbox
Nov 2019 - Dec 2022
Algorand node sandbox
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:44 reviews, 63 commits, 98 PRs in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Will primarily contributed to the repository by updating and creating shell scripts and configurations for the Algorand sandbox environment. Their work involved modifying scripts related to transaction tutorials and node setup, including the introduction of color-coding and interactive prompts. The user also worked on setting up network configurations and update mechanisms.
golangnodejsalgorandsandbox
winder/Universal-G-Code-Sender
Jun 2012 - Jun 2022
A cross-platform G-Code sender for GRBL, Smoothieware, TinyG and G2core.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 22 reviews, 1761 commits in 10 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Will's contributions primarily involved implementing features for the Universal Gcode Sender. They focused on enhancing the software's functionality, including adding features related to coordinate systems and axis settings, and also worked on refining the gcode processing pipeline. The user also modified core aspects of the software such as the controller, the code parser and various GUI settings, further improving the usability and integration of the overall application.
g2coregrblgcode-editortinygsender
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