Resume

• Architected a full-stack mobile platform (Flutter/Dart, Node.js/TypeScript) with 114 Cloud Functions on GCP (109 API endpoints, 5 background jobs), multi-bucket Cloud Storage, and signed-URL media pipelines. Incubated through the LAUNCH Pre-Accelerator and Zell Lurie Institute at the University of Michigan.
• Designed a zero-knowledge encryption system (X25519 ECDH, AES-256-GCM, HMAC-SHA256 blind indexing, Argon2id) with per-family key hierarchies and secure key rotation.
• Built Terraform IaC across dev/staging/prod, CI/CD via GitHub Actions, 1,849 automated tests (1,070 unit, 250 widget, 88 API, 87 integration), and two custom MCP servers for AI-assisted development with Claude Code.

• Built an automated email pipeline using Python, Flask, SMTP, and SQL Server.

• Built an internal lead-management tool in SQL Server integrated with the company CRM.

Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind, Vercel, Redis, Web Workers

Wordlist-first crossword generator with a constraint-satisfaction engine, AC-3 arc consistency, and three placement strategies. Adjacency-aware validation checks perpendicular runs against an English bigram table. Web Workers for parallel solving. crossword.williamward.dev

TypeScript, React, Chrome Extension, AWS Lambda, Python, ONNX, PostgreSQL

ML-powered Chrome extension for real-time phishing detection. Combines a CodeBERT ONNX classifier with a rule-based engine (URL structure, domain reputation, page content). Monorepo with 5 packages deployed on AWS CDK.

Next.js, TypeScript, Framer Motion, Leaflet

Housing intake wizard scoring 76 real Detroit listings by household needs, with an interactive map and a Top Trading Cycles allocation simulation. Built in one day.