William Wilson
Software Engineering Manager at Meta
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWilliam Wilson is a Software Engineering Manager in New York with 11 years of experience building and shipping iOS apps and developer tooling across startups and large platforms, now leading engineering at Meta. He brings deep hands‑on expertise in Swift/Objective‑C, build systems, and IDE/runtime integrations—evidenced by contributions to Facebook’s open‑source Buck where he improved iOS build integration, Swift versioning, and header map handling. Prior roles at Le Tote and KeepTruckin show a talent for product-driven feature work (recommendation UX, tote swaps, GraphQL tooling) and for solving tricky platform problems like concurrency and device data consistency. A former physics and math student, he pairs analytical rigor with pragmatic engineering and a track record of shipping libraries and app features that measurably increase engagement.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) University Scholars and Classics, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) University Scholars and Classics at Baylor UniversityPhysics and Math, Physics and Math at University of Arkansas
Github Skills (9)
xcode10
build-tools10
build-system10
ios10
java9
swift9
javas9
python8
android4
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
facebook/buck
Aug 2018 - Sep 2020
A fast build system that encourages the creation of small, reusable modules over a variety of platforms and languages.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:21 commits, 4 comments in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:William's primary contribution focuses on modifying the build process for iOS projects within the `facebook/buck` repository. Their work includes adding support for absolute header map paths to resolve Xcode autocompletion issues and incorporating features for platform-specific source and header files. They also addressed issues related to merged header maps and implemented support for Swift versioning and embedded frameworks. This indicates a focus on improving the integration and build process for iOS development using Buck.
buckpythonplatformsandroidlanguages
williamtwilson/scheme-sicp
Jul 2015 - Sep 2015
Contributions:87 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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