William O’Connell

Software Engineer

Member Since 2024

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2019-2023
Miami University BS, Computer Science: Minor in Emerging Technology in Business and Design

Software Engineer II UMD CATT Lab
2023-2024: • Developed data visualization tools in Python and JavaScript
• Built a pipeline to collect, analyze, and display live robotics telemetry data with Postgres, FastAPI, and React
• Deployed performance tracing tools and used the findings to reduce server response time by 800ms, saving hours of our users’ time each month
Technology Intern (Paid) Capital One
Summer 2022: • Built UI components in Angular to streamline a key internal process
• Performed security testing and analysis on vendor software to evaluate the impact of proposed changes
Software Developer Hexagram
2019-2022: • Designed/built new visual programming system with NodeJS and Web Components. Used this tooling to deliver several client projects
• Worked on chatbot systems, programmatic video compositing, location-based gaming, etc., including technology for a mentalism show performed on live TV