# Will Mruzek

> Software Engineer w/ 12+ years experience

Location: United States, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/willmruzek

I’m Will Mruzek, a software consultant and senior engineer with 12 years of experience. I’ve worked with startups and established companies like Syncari, Reforge, and Intuit Credit Karma. Previously, I held full-time engineering roles at Humble Bundle, CloudPassage, Spredfast, and Duo Security (Cisco).

I specialize in React, Next.js, TypeScript, Node.js, Postgres, GraphQL, and Tailwind CSS. I’m passionate about developer tooling, UX, DX, type-safety, and functional programming. I aim to craft code that’s principled, predictable, and adaptable to change, while avoiding unnecessary complexity.

Outside of work, I sing, compose, act, and write.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Reforge
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024

### Contract Senior Software Engineer @ Self Employed
Jan 2016 – Jan 2023
Reforge (4 months) via Uplift.ltd

CreditKarma (2 years) via Uplift.ltd
• Implemented green-field web and mobile experience to help millions track their income and better understand their taxes
• Maintained multiple frontend React apps and TS/JS libraries for infrastructure and product changes
• Maintenance included: improving accessibility/a11y quality of CK web experiences, improving local dev UX, add unit tests for infrastructure and product code, A/B test Apollo vs. URQL for performance and bundle size
• Tech: ReactJS, GraphQL/Apollo/URQL, TypeScript, design system UI component library, front-end unit testing, microservices (Thrift RPC), YAML, Scala

Zathom (1 year and 6 months) via Uplift.ltd
• Delivered ASAP several iterations of a new storytelling-focused social network
• Built out writing tools and game-like experiences that encouraged good storytelling and cross-user engagement
• Mentored junior engineer (also contractor)
• Tech: ReactJS, GraphQL/Apollo, XState, JS, Styled-Components, AWS Amplify, AWS AppSync, AWS Cognito, AWS DynamoDB, AWS Lambda

Skybound Digital (1 year)
• Built and maintained a customer- and bizops-facing portal for SEO business operations
• Integrated third-party APIs like Stripe for payments and bank transfers
• Tech: Laravel, PHP, ReactJS, Redux, JS, SASS, MySQL

### Senior Software Engineer @ Duo Security
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Austin, Texas Area
• Unifying table and filter UI across the whole admin interface from a jQuery-based solution to ReactJS
• Built a comprehensive testing framework for quickly testing the new tables based on the shared UI infrastructure
• Modified both internal and customer-facing backend APIs in Python

### Senior Software Engineer @ Spredfast™
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Austin, Texas Area
• Contributed to mission-critical application using Javascript, Flow, ReactJS, Redux, ImmutableJS, SASS, Webpack, SocketIO, and Jasmine
• Continuously maintained and improved code quality by sustaining 95% test coverage, ensuring good static types, and adapting developer tools to the team's needs
• Maintained shared UI component library for reuse across several products
• Mentored other engineers on current architecture and potential approaches to a feature or fix
• Mentored engineers in best practices for typed JS using Flow

### Front End Software Engineer @ CloudPassage
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015
• Architected single page application with AngularJS, SASS, Gulp, Babel, ES6, Webpack, and the Flux pattern
• Built and modified custom directives to fit product needs
• Worked closely with UX designer to build and launch the second generation of main product
• Collaborated with DevOps team to ensure deployment to multiple environments
• Maintained legacy Ruby on Rails application during migration

### Software Engineer (Front End focused) @ Humble Bundle
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco
•	Built and unit tested partner-facing dashboard with AngularJS that manages store and widget products 
•	Architected an internal-facing design layout system used to display the majority of promotions
•	Modernized front-end workflow with SASS, Grunt, RequireJS / r.js, and component-based architecture
•	Delivered scheduled custom promotion layouts with designers and the business development team
•	Mentored team members on front-end best practices, conventions, and techniques

### Software Engineer @ Glerb
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Bloomington, IN
•	Developed major features using Javascript, BackboneJS, MarionetteJS, jQuery, PHP, CakePHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS
•	Migrated front-end Javascript to modular architecture while maintaining legacy code base
•	Implemented PaaS deployment strategy, preparing application to scale
•	Configured and manage team-based Git repository
•	Collaborated with UX and interaction designers during wire framing


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts in Communication and Culture
Indiana University Bloomington


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/willmruzek
- Website: http:/willmruzek.com
- GitHub: http://github.com/willmruzek
- Website: http://stackoverflow.com/users/243673/will-m

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Last updated: 2026-03-29