Hi, I'm Will Arloff 👋

Welcome to my corner of the internet. I'm a Data Engineer, SWE, and recovering Founder with over 9 years of coding experience. When I'm not building products I enjoy cooking, fishing, and spending time with my family.

Skills

Here is a sample of tools and skills I've used throughout my career.

Python
Javascript
Typescript
Terraform HCL
Matlab
Data Engineering
Frontend
Backend

FastAPI
React
NextJS
Vercel
React-native
Expo
Expo Bare Workflow
SQLAlchemy ORM
Docker
FastAPI
ETL
DBT
MUI
NextUI
CI/CD
Github Actions
ShadCN
Firebase
Supabase
LLMs
Langchain
OpenAI API
XCode
TailwindCSS
Git
Figma

Snowflake
Postgres
SQL
SQLite
MySQL
BigQuery
Redshift
DuckDB
DynamoDB

AWS
Fly.io
GCP
IAM
EC2
S3
Lambda
RDS
ECS
SQS
SNS
MediaConvert
Route53
ELB
Amazon VPC
Cloudwatch
GCP - Cloud Storage

Stripe SDK
Stripe Connect
Dwolla API
Plaid SDK
Plaid IDV
Increase API

Experience

I've spent most of my career doing work for startups, where I've worn many hats.

  • Stealth Startup
    Stealth StartupJanuary 1, 2020 - Present

    Founding Engineer

    Miami, FL

    • •Founding SWE, Building something in Manufacturing and AI
    • •Developed and MVP using Python, Typescript, Javascript, LLMs, Supabase and Next.js.
  • VideoAmp
    VideoAmpMarch 1, 2023 - Present

    Data Engineer & Interim Director of BI - Revops

    Remote

    • •Work with senior executives on a board initiative to design a business intelligence tool that analyzes profitability, revenues, and margins, critical to raising their latest round and managing daily operations.
    • •Developed a production ready BI solution in 3 months using PostgreSQL, Hevo, Snowflake, and AWS using data from over 6 sources joined together in a single view.
  • Hyperform
    HyperformJanuary 1, 2023 - April 1, 2024

    Founder & CEO

    Chicago, IL

    • •Designed and developed the Backend, and Frontend, Website, and all cloud infrastructure using FastAPI, AWS, and Typescript/JS to create a production ready, minimum viable product launched in iOS TestFlight, over ~80k lines of code
    • •Led a team of 3 to execute the startup's vision, including engineers, designers and lawyers and launched to a beta cohort of 10 users.
    • •Built integrations with Plaid, Dwolla, and Stripe to process payments, manage KYC/AML, and access user’s bank account information to build an end-to-end payments solution.
  • Marshall Associates
    Marshall AssociatesJuly 1, 2020 - January 1, 2021

    Data Scientist ➡️ Senior Data Engineer ➡️ Analytics Tech Lead

    Chicago, IL

    • •Developed two product lines for e-commerce advertising saving the company over $200/yr.
    • •Architect and develop ETL pipelines using Terraform, Python, AWS services, and Datadog to automatically ingest, process, 14 different e-commerce data sources, totaling over 100TB managed structured data.
  • Rokt
    RoktFebruary 1, 2020 - April 1, 2021

    Data Engineer

    New York, New York

    • •Work with senior management and tech teams to identify cost savings and develop a new solution architecture for their BI Department
  • Xaqt
    XaqtAugust 1, 2017 - February 20, 2021

    Data Scientist ➡️ Senior Data Scientist

    Chicago, IL

    • •Lead development on several geospacial product lines for local government and transportation municipalities
    • •Honed Python, Backend, and Data Engineering skillset
    • •Led product demos, and closed multiple clients