Hello! I am

Willam Newton

I do things

I am a software engineer who loves building and designing digital applications. My current focus is building human-friendly products and growing as a software engineer, with the possibility of learning new technology here and there.

01. About Me

Hello everyone! My name is William, and I enjoy creating things, whether they live on the internet, in a physical space, or even on my hard drive. My passion for software development started in 2003 when I started using a computer and became curious about how the computer knew what the user was doing. That led me down the rabbit hole of programming, which taught me a ton of how computers operate.

Fast-forwarding today, I have worked at a Tier-1 university, a start-up, and free-lanced for corporations, contributing to my growth. My current focus is building products and digital experiences for various clients.

Below are some technologies I have worked with recently:

JavaScript
TypeScript
Next.JS
React
Node.js
C#

02. Where I have worked

Full Stack Engineer
@Texas Precious Metals

2022 - Present

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Senior Fullstack Engineer
@Lykkå Village

2021 - 2022

Developed a custom logging library using Node.js, PostgreSQL and SumoLogic, decreasing log complexity and reducing debugging time by 32%.
Architected and implemented a RESTful API back-end using Node.js, Express, JWT, and Passport while following the Model-View-Controller (MVC) methodology and adhering to the Single Responsibility principle serving 500+ active users.
Pioneered the use of a CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins, Harness, Docker, and Kubernetes, reducing deployment time by 41%.
Mentored and onboarded new junior engineers, and hosted weekly team meetings to ensure team integration.
Investigated and resolved performance bottlenecks on the client-side rendering by implementing Next.js, improving page load times from seconds to milliseconds.

Fullstack Software Engineer
@Lykkå Village

2018 - 2021

Optimized limited bandwidth environment by implementing filesize reducers (CSSNano, WEBP), lazy loading, and caching systems, reducing 1000s to 100s of API calls per hour to Contentful.
Led the initiative to make new and existing material A11y compliant utilizing Axe and Google Lighthouse to improve accessibility grade from 51% to 93%.
Collaborated with quality assurance engineers to establish comprehensive Unit, E2E, and A/B testing frameworks, reaching a code coverage of 75%.
Designed and implemented user-profile services with user searching using React, MongoDB, Ant Design, and TailwindCSS, resulting in 300 new user registrations in the first week.
Initiated the discussions and created strategies to handle technical debt on the back-end to reduce current and future issues.

Junior Software Engineer
@Texas A&M University

2016 - 2018

Addressed code complexity by segregating logic into distinct files while adding documentation, resulting in increased maintainability.
Optimized endpoint performance by reducing N+1 queries, introducing caching, and removing the usage of ORM for raw SQL queries.
Created a Lua and Python library that extracted information from source files and created a static website to aid in code documentation.
Built full-stack application using C++, Winsock, and React to measure airflow in facility air monitors, allowing for remote monitoring and logging.
Authored comprehensive style guides, standardizing code and visual elements, reducing cross-team communication.

03. A Few Projects

Featured Project
Portfolio
Terminal Styled portfolio.
- TypeScript
- Vite
- TailwindCSS
- ViTest
Featured Project
CHI_TECH
CHI_TECH is a large-scale scientific simulation engine being developed at Texas A&M University as part of a research study on massively parallel algorithms for modeling and simulation.
- C++
- Python
- Lua
- Paraview
- PetSc
- OpenMP
Featured Project
The DooList
Full-stack To-Do List application built using Ruby on Rails, React, TailwindCSS, Vite, PostgreSQL and a few other technologies. Used as a case study for learning Ruby on Rails.
- React
- Vite
- TailwindCSS
- Ruby on Rails