William Kapke
Head Of Software Engineering at Kap Co., LLC
San Francisco, California, United States
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RockstarWilliam Kapke is a seasoned software leader with 14 years of experience building and scaling web platforms, now serving as Head of Software Engineering at Elevation AI while running his own firm, Kap Co., LLC. He has a strong track record of shaping engineering culture and delivery at consumer and startup companies, including roles as Director of Engineering Culture at Tinder and early technical leadership at Myspace where he championed Node.js adoption. William combines hands-on architecture and hiring discipline with product-focused execution—having taken platforms from prototype to acquisition and launched major releases under tight timelines. Known for mentoring hundreds of engineers and creating high-performing Scrum teams, he blends developer advocacy with strategic technical vision. Based in San Francisco, he brings an entrepreneurial mindset and a rare mix of public-facing evangelism and deep delivery ownership.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (187)
tsc10
windows10
bots10
bash10
internet10
octokit-js10
dockerfile10
nvm10
printing10
mongoose10
octokit10
javascript10
linux10
github-bot10
mongodb-driver10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
cabinjs/bson-objectid
Oct 2014 - Jun 2020
Construct ObjectIDs without the mongodb driver or bson module. Maintained for @forwardemail, @ladjs, @spamscanner, @breejs, @cabinjs, and @lassjs.
Contributions:40 commits, 14 PRs, 29 pushes in 5 years 9 months
mongodb-drivermongodbbson
williamkapke/mongo-mock
Mar 2015 - Mar 2020
Let's pretend we have a real MongoDB
Contributions:122 commits, 51 PRs, 97 pushes in 5 years
mongopretendnodejsletmongoose
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