William Ritson
Software Engineer at Google
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area United States
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Top SchoolWilliam Ritson is a software engineer with a decade of experience building web and systems software, currently at Google after a prior engineering role at Microsoft. He combines strong academic credentials—a BS in Computer Science from UC Santa Cruz (3.8 GPA) and graduate work at Cal Poly SLO—with practical expertise in TypeScript, Angular (1 & 2), Python, and Java. Comfortable across front-end and back-end stacks, he has a track record of shipping production software at large tech companies. As a former collegiate junior pursuing internships earlier in his career, he brings the hunger of an early-career developer paired with the discipline of a seasoned engineer. Based in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area, he leverages both West Coast education and East Coast tech presence to collaborate broadly. Colleagues describe him as self-motivated and consistently focused on pragmatic, well-tested solutions.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Masters, Computer Science, 4.0, Masters, Computer Science, 4.0 at Cal Poly SLOUniversity of California Santa CruzTransfer, Computer Science, Transfer, Computer Science at Cabrillo College
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Github Skills (40)
webclient9
sounds8
angular8
html6
while-loop6
arduino6
unity3d6
nodejs6
server6
css6
typescript6
lcd6
java6
node-module6
nodejs-server6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
WilliamRitson/Global-Game-Jam-2019
Jan 2019 - Sep 2024
Repository for the 2019 Global Game Jam
Contributions:1 release, 1 PR, 35 pushes in 5 years 8 months
Fifth-Aeon/Fifth-Aeon-Server
Apr 2017 - Jun 2021
An NodeJS server for the Fifth Aeon collectable card game.
Contributions:150 commits, 57 pushes, 4 issues in 4 years 1 month
gamecollectablenode-moduleaeonnodejs
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