Will Schmid
Software Engineer at The Mousetrap Recording Studio
Denver, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWill Schmid is an AI-native software engineer and tech lead based in Denver with 15 years of hands-on experience building scalable web and mobile systems across startups and enterprise teams. He has led engineering organizations of up to 35 engineers and architected microservices, real-time data pipelines, and human-in-the-loop NLP systems for global products at WeightWatchers. Will combines full-stack fluency—Node.js, React, PostgreSQL, Kafka/Kinesis—with a history of operational improvements like standardized deployment pipelines and open-sourced tooling to solve reliability challenges. He now develops at Gusto while running a boutique recording studio, reflecting a creative streak that complements his technical leadership. Grounded in a Philosophy and Computer Science background from Rutgers, he’s known for turning experimental prototypes (from image-based tracking to gamified health trials) into production-ready features.
15 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Philosophy, Computer Science, Philosophy, Computer Science at Rutgers University
Github Skills (127)
ui-components10
browserify10
runner10
flexbox10
crud10
handlebars10
nodejs10
dropdown10
popup10
tooltip10
php10
semantic10
javascript9
pm29
sql9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
WW-Digital/mongo-oplog-reader
Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Read MongoDB oplogs from a sharded cluster
Contributions:1 release, 73 commits, 17 PRs in 10 months
mongodb-oplog
will123195/state-eventer
Nov 2019 - Jun 2020
Contributions:38 commits, 28 pushes, 4 branches in 7 months
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