Will Saada

Full Stack Software Engineer

Work Experience


Principal Associate Software Engineer (2023 - Present)

Capital One, Richmond, VA

  • Developing on an internal platform for managing micro-frontends and web applications at scale.

Senior Associate Software Engineer (2022 - 2023)

Capital One, Richmond, VA

  • Developing a internal web application for call center agents with Node.js and Vue.

Software Engineer II (2021 - 2022)

CarMax, Richmond, VA

  • Rebuilt sections of the website to improve SEO performance.
  • Integrated our website with Contentful a CMS platform and developed tools to assist content editors using the platform.
  • Created a web application using Next.js to improve page performance and Core Web Vitals to improve SEO.
  • Worked with and mentored interns and new hires.

Software Engineer I (2019 - 2021)

CarMax, Richmond, VA

  • Developed a UI for a Knowledge Based Authentication system using React, Azure and .Net Core.
  • Created our team's DevOps pipelines from scratch with Azure DevOps, fully automating our code integration and deployment process.
  • Built acceptance tests using Puppeteer and Specflow to increase our confidence in frequently releasing code into production.

Software Developer Intern (2018)

UDig, Richmond, VA

  • Developed a dashboard application using React and Redux on the front-end and Node JS, Express, SQL and Redis on the back-end for internal company use.
  • Learned how to design and build and application following agile software development best practices.

Relevant Skills


Advanced

  • JavaScript
  • Node
  • React & Vue
  • Azure & AWS
  • C#
  • DevOps & Testing

Experience with

  • Next.js
  • Express & Fastify
  • CosmosDB & SQL
  • Unity

Education


University of Richmond

Class of 2019

Computer Science and Mathematics

Interests


  • Game Dev & Modding
  • Collectibles
  • Cleveland Sports
  • Running

Contact


willsaada19@gmail.com