William Ransohoff
Fitchburg, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolWilliam Ransohoff is a versatile software engineer with 11 years of experience spanning embedded systems, full-stack backend services, and ASIC tool development. He has contributed to large-scale products at Amazon and Goodreads, and more recently to open-source projects like siliconcompiler where he improved client-server remote job execution and API/auth flows. Comfortable in low-level C for FreeRTOS and higher-level services in Java, Ruby, and cloud environments, he bridges embedded constraints and scalable backend design. His work at Zero ASIC and research at the University of Utah demonstrate a deepening focus on digital design and hardware-software integration. Based in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, he balances technical curiosity with a passion for the outdoors—a sabbatical driving through national parks underpinned by self-directed learning in digital design. William seeks roles that combine embedded or full-stack challenges with opportunities to grow and improve engineering systems.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Non-Matriculated N/A, Non-Matriculated N/A at University of WashingtonBS Computer Science Computer Science, BS Computer Science Computer Science at Washington University in St. Louis
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Github Skills (29)
json10
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freertos10
c1110
c1710
api10
client-server10
sys10
embedded10
async9
posixct9
authentication9
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Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
siliconcompiler/siliconcompiler
Mar 2021 - Jan 2023
Modular hardware build system
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:339 reviews, 544 commits, 136 PRs in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:William made significant changes to the `siliconcompiler/client.py` and `siliconcompiler/server.py` files, indicating a focus on developing and improving the client-server communication infrastructure for the "Modular hardware build system" project. Their contributions involved enhancements to the remote job execution, including setting up API endpoints, implementing authentication mechanisms, and handling the transfer of job results, with several adjustments to support those. They also updated the `docs/reference_manual/server_interface.rst` to document the client and server's API.
vhdledasynthesislatticehardware
aws/amazon-freertos
Feb 2019 - Mar 2019
DEPRECATED - See README.md
Role in this project:Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 7 PRs, 12 pushes in 17 days
Contributions summary:William's contributions primarily involve modifying and adding code related to shadow functionality and POSIX types within the Amazon FreeRTOS repository. These changes include updating error messages, adding debug messages for JSON parsing, and ensuring the proper inclusion of header files for POSIX compatibility, specifically related to file size handling. The user also addressed issues related to callbacks and semaphores within the shadow client operations. These modifications demonstrate a focus on low-level system interactions and embedded system programming within the FreeRTOS environment.
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