William Burgess
Senior Software Engineer at Parsely, Inc.
San Diego Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWilliam Burgess is a software engineering manager with nine years of experience building data-driven web applications and leading teams across open-source and commercial products. Currently interim lead at Parse.ly, he ships full‑stack features—AI-assisted analytics, Customer Journeys, Google Search Console integrations—working across Python/Django, Vue.js, and Elasticsearch to help major publishers understand readership. Previously he led Plotly’s team maintaining Dash and contributed front-end enhancements to the widely used Dash project (tooltips, Markdown components, improved tests), blending UX-minded information design with robust engineering. A dual U.S./Canadian citizen based in the NYC area, he pairs a software engineering and philosophy background from McGill with a knack for turning complex data into usable interfaces.
9 years of coding experience
Bachelor’s Degree, Bachelor’s Degree at McGill University
French, English
Github Skills (13)
plotly-dash10
javascript10
web-application10
webapp10
dashjs10
gui-framework10
react10
ui-designer9
props9
prop9
css8
html8
python8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
plotly/dash-core-components
Jul 2018 - May 2021
OBSOLETE: now part of https://github.com/plotly/dash
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 45 commits, 16 PRs in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:William focused on enhancing the user interface and functionality of the `dash-core-components` repository. Their contributions included adding tooltips to sliders, implementing new components such as Markdown, and refactoring existing code to improve syntax. They also worked on fixing bugs, improving the structure, and adding new tests to ensure the quality and reliability of the components.
dashpythonplotly-dashplotlydata-visualization
plotly/dash
Jul 2018 - Jan 2021
Data Apps & Dashboards for Python. No JavaScript Required.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:14 commits, 4 PRs, 5 pushes in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:William primarily focused on enhancing the user interface and functionality of the Dash application. Their contributions include implementing tooltips for sliders and range sliders, enabling the display of dropdown option titles, and creating and adjusting integration tests for these components. The changes involve modifying React components and updating the codebase to align with the rc-slider library. The user also addressed bug fixes and implemented improvements related to component behavior and styling.
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