# Dakota Williams

> Senior Software Engineer

Location: Asheville, North Carolina, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/dakotawilliams

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ 2U
Jan 2023 – Present | Asheville, NC
− Member of Core Systems team managing critical legacy software; recognized with company-wide “No Back Row” award

− Currently leading project to upgrade internal client onboarding app; work includes migrating code from Clojure to React and mentoring junior devs

− Led modernization effort of business-critical course management app used by ~50k students to manage class registration and access, moving from server-side Node + Pug to Express + static React app
 
− Drove company culture initiatives like AI adoption and leadership with LGBTQ+ employee resource group

### Freelance Creative Technologist @ Plaid Rabbit
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023
− Freelanced as a creative technology consultant; involved in every step of projects, including ideation, scoping, coding, deploying, and monitoring

− Completed diverse projects such as an innovative Arduino experience for VidCon influencers, a microsite for Coachella NFT contest, and an NFC-enabled iOS app for Google officials

### Creative Technologist @ Google
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | New York, New York, United States
- Worked as part of the five-person Core team to develop new internal tooling software and maintain public projects actively used by 100k+ users, including many educators adjusting to COVID protocols

- Modernized the internal project management system using Angular and Django, including migration from Python 2 to Python 3, leading to centralized administration flows and fewer lost creative assets

− Example projects include using Node.js to automate multilingual subtitles, building performant, robust marketing experiences for new Pixel phone features, and assisting with COVID safety campaigns

### Full Stack Engineer @ Handshake
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco, California, United States
− Built full stack product growth features as part of a six-person, cross-functional growth team using Ruby on Rails and React

− Led overhaul of email communication platform, achieving significant returns of 200%-1000% on goal metrics and receiving company-wide recognition for "Focusing on Impact"

### Software Engineer @ Instagram
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | New York, New York, United States
− Part team building Hashtags for Instagram, a major product initiative for the company at the time, growing from conception to full-scale release in under three months

− Designed and engineered in-feed promotional units routinely seen by all 900M Instagram users

### Software Engineer @ Windsor Circle, Inc.
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Durham, North Carolina, United States
- Refactored expensive SQL + Pyramid ORM queries to create smoother page loads for clients evaluating usefulness of product

- Collaborated with front-end engineers, database engineers and PMs to roll out new eCommerce and email service provider integrations


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Peace, War and Defense, Computer Science
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jan 2008 – Jan 2012

### Master of Science - MS in Information Management
Syracuse University
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/notwyoming
- Website: https://bento.me/not-wyoming

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Last updated: 2026-03-22