William Ley
Software Engineer 3 at Laerdal Labs D.C.
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Top SchoolWilliam Ley is a Software Engineer 3 with eight years of experience building full-stack web applications and leading feature development in fintech and travel platforms. Comfortable across TypeScript, React, Redux, Django/DRF, and PostgreSQL, he has led cross-functional initiatives such as migrating a front end to TypeScript, designing multi-line purchase order flows, and refactoring booking services that integrate multiple third-party APIs. A former educator and theater technical director, he brings strengths in mentorship, curriculum design, and inclusive team-building—having run DEI workshops and coached software students through intensive projects. He combines a pragmatic, decomposition-driven engineering approach with a long-standing commitment to community and accessibility, often translating complex requirements into clear UX and schema decisions. Based in Washington, D.C., he balances hands-on coding with coaching and product-facing leadership, making him effective at shipping resilient, user-focused features.
8 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (BA), English, Bachelor of Arts (BA), English at Boston UniversityRigging for stage, Rigging for stage at RigStar RiggingVectorWorks TrainingSoftware Engineering, Software Engineering at Flatiron SchoolDiversity Education, Diversity Education at Diversity Leadership Institute 2016Diversity Education, Diversity Education at National Diversity Directors Institute 2015-2016 Cohort (NDDI)
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Github Skills (21)
tiling10
xmonad10
window-manager10
macos9
redux7
react6
react-state-management6
react-state6
javascript6
react-native6
mapbox-gl6
backend5
portal5
semantic4
semantic-ui3
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
wley3337/madhatter-modern
May 2019 - Mar 2024
Contributions:5 PRs, 88 pushes, 9 branches in 4 years 11 months
VillageBookBuilders/frontend-vbb-portal
Dec 2020 - Jan 2022
Contributions:25 reviews, 202 commits, 33 PRs in 1 year
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