William Otey
Software Engineer 2 at Microsoft
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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Top SchoolWilliam Otey is a pragmatic software engineer with nine years of experience building reliable, secure systems across insurance, cloud, and enterprise domains. He blends test-driven development and mentorship with hands-on work in Python, C#, Scala, React/Angular, and Azure services to deliver scalable data pipelines, pricing applications, and user-facing interfaces. At Sompo and Microsoft he led migrations and automation efforts that improved security and saved thousands of man-hours, including migrating 15+ repositories to modern authentication. Comfortable across the full stack, he pairs backend data engineering (Spark/Hive, ADLS, ADF) with frontend UX improvements and live site support to minimize customer impact. Based in Atlanta and pursuing graduate studies at Georgia Tech, he brings a systems-minded approach and a knack for turning legacy workflows into maintainable, cloud-native solutions. Outside engineering he runs a freelance media business, reflecting strong ownership and an eye for polished user experiences.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at Georgia Institute of TechnologyBachelor’s Degree software engineering, Bachelor’s Degree software engineering at Auburn University
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Github Skills (3)
operator3
kubernetes-operator2
kubernetes2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
wotey/PubSec-Info-Assistant
Feb 2024 - Jul 2024
Information Assistant, built with Azure OpenAI Service, Industry Accelerator
Contributions:2 pushes, 2 branches in 5 months
Team-9-Senior-Design/Pharm
Jan 2020 - Feb 2020
Pharmacy Simulation Webpage
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
simulationpharmacywebpage
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