# William Ritweg

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Location: Greater Bakersfield Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/williamritweg

Software Engineer working in JavaScript, creating products with a focus on React, Node, Express, SQL, and noSQL. Contributor to the ReacType. Presenter at SingleSprout Speaker Series on Cloud Computing and AWS.

Find me on Github: https://github.com/wbrittwage

## Work Experience
### Frontend Software Engineer Intern @ Cowbell
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Pleasanton, California, United States
- Frontend engineering internship with a focus on JavaScript and React fundamentals
- Also gained proficiency in git for version control

### Software Engineer @ ReacType
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
- Employed Jest, Enzyme, and React testing libraries to write code that exports unit tests along side exported React components to ensure that users could spend less time debugging
- Updated CSS and Material-UI elements to renew color scheme with a Light and Dark Mode
- Utilized React hooks to manage and consume the global state from anywhere within the app eliminating the need to prop-drill and increasing the readability of the codebase
- Integrated TypeScript-compliant functions for quality assurance, permitting the team to identify errors before execution
- Employed Electron framework to produce a standalone React/Node.js/Chromium desktop application for cross-platform compatibility (macOS, Windows and Linux)
- Integrated OAuth authentication framework to increase security, login easiness and user acquisition
- Engineered an Express route to handle a Github OAuth protocol that was initiated through an Electron app to offer a more seamless option for account creation

### DDI Checker @ Open Source
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
- Utilized React.js to implement a dynamic frontend furthering compliance with this new industry standard
- Used SASS to style a friendly mobile-first user interface bringing DDI Checker to the internet’s most popular devices

### Gatepass @ Open Source
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
- Leveraged React to create a frontend with a guest access control portal for both residents and admins
- Implemented backend in Express.js with Postgres database so admin can view and manage each resident’s guest list easily from their own admin portal
- Used API to generate QR codes for guests which are then sent to them via email with Nodemailer

### Content Management System Updater @ PostMagazine & CGW Magazine
Jan 2016 – Jan 2021
- Routinely updated editorial in HTML and CSS with proprietary Scorpion content management system to keep readers informed with the latest industry news
- Advised current leadership about transitioning to an open source content management system like WordPress

### Business Development Analyst and Web Scraper @ NoviCap
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016
Perform financial analysis of potential clients and automation of lead generation with JavaScript and Ruby (Capybara, Cucumber and Selenium, Apifier and other tools).


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/william-rittwage

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Last updated: 2026-03-29