William Rutherford
Site Reliability Engineer at Dayforce
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolWilliam Rutherford is a Site Reliability Engineer with a decade of hands-on experience and a 7-year programming focus in C-like languages (C++ and Java), now applying that low-level rigor to SRE at Dayforce. He combines backend systems expertise with front-end chops in HTML, JavaScript and CSS, a versatility honed by building end-to-end solutions as a freelance developer for small businesses. His University of Toronto background in CS and Stats underpins interests in machine learning, cryptography, decentralized networks, and applied mathematics, informing practical, security-minded engineering decisions. Notably, he has automated entire workflows—mailing pipelines and user-management databases—that reduced manual effort to zero while preserving operational safeguards. Comfortable both in collaborative production teams and as a sole developer, he brings a pragmatic, systems-first approach to reliability and automation. Based in Old Toronto, he blends low-level curiosity with product-focused delivery.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
High School MaST, High School MaST at Danforth Collegiate and Technical SchoolBachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at University of Toronto
English
Github Skills (19)
transparency8
chrome-extension7
chrome6
iridium5
campus5
privacy5
chromium5
points4
prefix2
calculator2
brackets2
mesh2
cli2
python1
logos1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
WilliamRutherford/LambCalc
Jun 2019 - Jul 2019
Contributions:36 commits, 35 pushes, 5 branches in 23 days
WilliamRutherford/UofT-Wifi
Oct 2016 - Jan 2017
Contributions:29 commits, 2 PRs, 27 pushes in 3 months
campuscongestionaccess-pointspointscli
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