William Chan
Software Engineer at Formation
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWilliam Chan is a seasoned software engineer and leader with 16 years of experience and over a decade in technical management and mentoring across product, data, and infrastructure domains. Currently at Superhuman after leading engineering teams at MongoDB and Roblox, he combines hands-on full-stack development with people management to deliver scalable systems. He has a track record of moving between startups and large enterprises—shaping platform and platform-adjacent products at companies like Oscar Health, ShopKeep, and FreeWheel—while also coaching and advising engineering teams. Based in New York, he pairs an applied mathematics background with a practical focus on reliability and developer productivity, and he often mentors emerging engineers through Formation and coaching engagements. An understated strength is his ability to translate operational constraints into pragmatic engineering roadmaps that balance short-term delivery with long-term platform health.
16 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Applied Mathematics, Bachelor of Science, Applied Mathematics at Stony Brook University
Github Skills (54)
ietf10
http-header10
specification10
rfc10
post-quantum9
programming-language9
tla9
http9
golang9
communication-protocol9
operator8
installer8
go8
google-cloud8
gcp8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
grmocg/SPDY-Specification
Feb 2013 - Jun 2013
Contributions:60 commits in 4 months
ethereumspecificationblockchainspdy
mbelshe/SPDY-Specification
Aug 2011 - Apr 2012
Specification of the SPDY protocol
Contributions:15 commits in 7 months
communication-protocolethereumspecificationtlablockchain
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