Will Ward

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

Full-stack web developer with over 2 years experience building web applications and developer tools predominantly in the JavaScript ecosystem.


Experience

Software Engineer

CV - Atlanta, USA

Working on a remote team with product management and fellow engineers to plan features and create specifications for a large web application. Responsible for building and maintaining new features as well as improving existing ones. Writing clear documentation about app functionality for users and code implementation for engineers.

October 2021 - Present

Web 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 single-page applications with a serverless architecture using the React framework Gatsby and AWS Lambda. Built an internal application for automating website administration processes with Node.js and Express.

August 2019 - September 2021

Forum Moderator (Volunteer)

FreeCodeCamp - Web Development Learning Platform

Responsibilities include assisting web development learners in the freeCodeCamp forum by addressing programming questions directly while also helping to keep the forum a safe and useful learning environment.

May 2019 - Present

Education

Portland State University

Bachelor of Science
Physics

GPA: 3.75

August 1997 - June 2002

freeCodeCamp

Full-Stack Web Developer Certification
August 2018 - December 2018

Skills

Programming Languages & Tools
Workflow
  • Mobile-First, Responsive Design
  • Unit & Functionality Testing
  • 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

25 + 5 Clock

A freeCodeCamp Front End Libraries Project

This project was a requirement for the freeCodeCamp Front-End Libraries Certification, and even though it's a relatively simple app, this reworking includes a highly efficient implementation of React Hooks, which makes it worthy of being featured here.

Live Demo Source Code

Interests

When indoors, I enjoy reading and writing, particularly philosophy. I also enjoy cooking and when I have something specific in mind, I tend to spend way too many hours online looking for the perfect recipe.

I do outdoor activities when weather permits (and sometimes when it doesn't). I enjoy jogging and cycling, and when I have time I like to go hiking and camping.

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