Winfield Peterson
Staff Software Engineer at Babylist
Somerville, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolWinfield Peterson is a Staff Software Engineer with 14 years of experience building reliable, scalable web systems across startups and major tech firms, currently engineering at Babylist in Somerville. He has held senior technical and tech lead roles at companies including Google, ezCater, BookBub, and Hunt Club, bringing a strong track record in shaping architecture and delivery for consumer-facing platforms. Known for simplifying complex problems—echoing his favorite maxim—he blends hands-on coding with mentorship and cross-functional collaboration. Outside of work he’s a dad, cyclist, music nerd and auto enthusiast, which informs a pragmatic, user-centered approach to engineering decisions.
14 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at Worcester Polytechnic InstituteMaster’s Degree Computer Science (Partial), Master’s Degree Computer Science (Partial) at Boston University
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Github Skills (66)
emoji10
mvc10
ruby10
heroku10
activerecord10
ruby-on-rails10
axlsx10
sidekiq10
html10
width10
rails10
lucee9
relic9
postgresql9
rspec9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
wpeterson/dotfiles
May 2012 - Aug 2022
Contributions:141 commits, 57 pushes in 10 years 4 months
wpeterson/emoji
Aug 2013 - Jul 2016
A gem. For Emoji. For everyone. ❤
Contributions:61 commits, 10 PRs, 24 pushes in 2 years 11 months
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