Will Ward

Full Stack Software Developer · Las Vegas, USA · willjw3dev@gmail.com

Full-stack software developer with over 5 years experience building web applications and developer tools predominantly in the JavaScript ecosystem.


Experience

Software Developer

CareValidate - Atlanta, USA

Working on a remote team with product managers and fellow engineers to build new SaaS applications, plan and build new features for existing ones, and provide clear documentation for them on both the engineering side and the user side.

October 2021 - Present

Software Developer

Scotch Malt Sales - Tokyo, Japan

Oversaw development of the company e-commerce website. Responsibilities included creating its new-product and promotion pages as well as leveraging its API to give the site customized functionality. Built internal tools for automating website administration processes.

August 2019 - September 2021

Education

Portland State University

Bachelor of Science
Physics

GPA: 3.75

August 1997 - June 2002

Skills

Programming Languages & Tools
Workflow
  • Data Model & API Design
  • Highly Performant Server-Database Integration
  • Data-Driven User Interfaces, Responsive Design
  • Unit & Integration Tests
  • Git & GitHub - Version Control & Project Management

Projects

Kanri

A project management tool prototype

A Kanban project management application that tracks projects and tasks/issues associated with them. A proof-of-ablility project, it could be considered a basic Trello clone.

Live Demo - Free hosting at Heroku takes several seconds to spin up Source Code

CoinSpy

A Cryptocurrency information application

This application leverages the power of the CoinGecko API to deliver numbers and charts for the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap. It is a serverless application and makes use of AWS Lambda for back-end functionality and D3.js for data visualization.

Live Demo Source Code

Interests

I love playing basketball and ice hockey, as well as watching them. I also enjoy jogging and the occasional hike in the mountains.

When indoors and time allows, I enjoy reading, particularly philosophy and science-of-mind literature. I also like cooking and experiment with new recipes as often as possible.

As far as technology goes, outside of web development I'm interested in cybersecurity and computer networking.