Summary
William Di Pasquale is a Senior Engineering Manager with a decade of experience building and scaling resilient, security-conscious systems across startups and enterprise environments. He blends hands-on expertise in JavaScript, Python and Rust with strong delivery and observability practices, having driven dramatic reductions in operational toil and alerting while maintaining SLOs at Proofpoint and Noda. William has led cross-functional teams through rapid growth and complex regulatory contexts—shipping high-traffic, autoscale-ready platforms for Comic Relief and architecting email gateway scalability for Proofpoint. He emphasizes data-driven engineering culture, introducing DORA/SPACE metrics, async-first collaboration across multiple countries, and measurable improvements in lead and cycle times. Based in Sheffield, he pairs a practical engineering lens with an academic background in Philosophy of Science and Mathematics, which informs his analytical approach to systems and process design.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) Philosophy of Science and Mathematics, Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) Philosophy of Science and Mathematics at University of Rome Tor Vergata
Italian, English