William Kapke
CoFounder Boarding.Now at Kap Co., LLC
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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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 (145)
tsc10
windows10
bash10
octokit-js10
dockerfile10
nvm10
octokit10
javascript10
linux10
github-bot10
mongodb-driver10
npmjs10
js10
versioning10
shell10
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
williamkapke/ldml
Aug 2013 - Mar 2015
Contributions:7 commits, 1 push in 1 year 7 months
williamkapke/orgbot
Apr 2016 - Mar 2017
Contributions:17 commits, 18 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
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