William Scales

About

Location: Denver, CO, USA (open to remote)

LinkedIn: here

Software Engineering: Skilled at quickly learning new languages and methodologies. Intuitively able to understand abstractions.
Full Stack Development: Experienced in building complete web applications from database to UI. Proficient with modern frontend frameworks, RESTful APIs, database design, and cloud deployment. Strong focus on creating maintainable, scalable architectures.
Product Management: Successfully led product development initiatives from ideation through delivery. Consistently prioritize user needs and business objectives to drive product success.
Data Analysis and Diagnostics: Expert at extracting insights from complex datasets, building predictive models, and designing efficient database schemas. Strong data analysis programming skills.
System Administration: Experienced with networking, security, and operations on Linux, Windows, and MacOS systems.
Cross Functional Teams: Experienced at working with diverse teams to build software and get things done.

Python: Extensive experience with Python. Web development with Flask and Django. Scientific python experience including numpy, scipy, pandas, scikit-learn.
Javascript & Typescript: Experience with React, Vue, and Node.
Database: Proficient with PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQLite.
Cloud: Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, and bare metal.
DevOps: Proficient with Git, CI/CD, and automation.
Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Able to effectively communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders. Experienced working with teams and organizations at scale.

Senior Software Engineer
2015–2022

Led the development of Carta's valuation product, a platform for analyzing corporate investment structure and financials.

B.Sc. Physics with minor in Mathematics
2014

Paid Research Assistant
2012–2014

Web Developer
2009–2010
Developed web applications in PHP and Python.