William Paape
Senior Software Engineer at Meta
Greater Seattle Area United States
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Top SchoolWilliam Paape is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience building high-performance, real-time systems in C++, Python, C, and Java, now working at Meta after leading feeds distribution infrastructure at Bloomberg. His background spans aerospace-grade simulation at Boeing, computer vision/ML optimization, and low-level systems work—reflecting a strong lean toward multi-threaded, real-time, and test-driven development on Linux toolchains. He holds a BS in Aerospace Engineering and an MS in Computer Science, combining mechanical systems thinking with software rigor to solve complex, latency-sensitive problems. A self-directed, continuous learner, he contributes code and tooling-focused expertise around modern C++ standards, Clang/LLVM, CMake, and Google Test/Benchmark, and is comfortable navigating both research-infused projects and production delivery. Notably, his career blends defense- and finance-grade reliability requirements with practical product engineering, giving him uncommon depth in deterministic systems and debugging at scale.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at University of Southern CaliforniaBS Aerospace Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, BS Aerospace Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at University of Notre Dame
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Github Skills (14)
upstream9
benchmark9
cpp8
benchmarking8
microbenchmark7
bazel-rules7
unit-testing6
cmake6
google6
bazel6
mocking6
testing6
doctest5
googletest2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
wrpaape/tasty_int
Apr 2017 - Feb 2025
Contributions:194 pushes, 3 branches in 7 years 11 months
wrpaape/red_black
Dec 2016 - Apr 2017
Contributions:284 pushes, 7 branches in 3 months
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