William Black
@williamblack
I’m a Software, Infrastructure, and AI/ML engineer building reliable, reproducible Python/Go and cloud-native systems end-to-end.
United StatesWhat I'm looking for
I ship reliable, reproducible Python, Go, AI/ML, and cloud-native systems on Linux, Kubernetes, and CI/CD infrastructure. I enjoy owning projects end-to-end—from design through deployment—so decisions about architecture, testing, and operations stay aligned.
At QUANSIGHT & OPENTEAMS, I led production Python, AI/ML, and cloud-native projects end-to-end, owning architecture, automated testing, and deployment on Linux/Kubernetes. I hardened release pipelines with pinned dependencies, hermetic builds, and pre-commit/static-analysis gates to produce deterministic CI/CD workflows across local, CI, and production.
I also delivered Terraform, OpenTofu, and Pulumi IaC for internal platforms and client projects, defining environments and standardizing provisioning across teams. For production, I focused on observability and operational readiness—metrics, logging, and tracing backed by on-call response.
As an open source contributor across the TensorFlow ecosystem, NetworkX, Stardis, and others, I’ve shipped hundreds of merged pull requests under strict review, testing, and release standards. I refactored numerical code into vectorized CPU/GPU implementations with benchmarked speedups and regression tests, while building hardened CI/CD pipelines and authoring end-to-end documentation.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Open Source Contributor
TensorFlow Ecosystem, NetworkX & Stardis
May 2023 - Present (3 years)
Contributed hundreds of merged pull requests across open source projects, following strict review, testing, and release standards. Refactored numerical code into vectorized CPU/GPU implementations and built hardened CI/CD pipelines with deterministic release artifacts and end-to-end documentation.
Software & Infrastructure Engineer
Independent Consultant
Mar 2023 - Present (3 years 2 months)
Designed and shipped self-hosted and cloud-networked mobile, web, and desktop applications combining data science, ML, and AI on Linux and container infrastructure. Provisioned production environments with infrastructure-as-code to automate deployment, monitoring, and recovery for uptime.
Software Engineer
Quansight & OpenTeams
Mar 2024 - May 2026 (2 years 2 months)
Led end-to-end Python, AI/ML, and cloud-native projects, owning architecture, automated testing, and deployment on Linux and Kubernetes. Hardened release pipelines and containerized developer environments with pinned dependencies and hermetic builds to produce deterministic CI/CD workflows across local, CI, and production.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
University of California, Irvine
Master of Science, Mathematics
Completed an M.S. in Mathematics at the University of California, Irvine in 2023.
University of California, Los Angeles
Bachelor of Science, Applied Mathematics (Specialization in Computing)
Completed a B.S. in Applied Mathematics with a specialization in Computing at the University of California, Los Angeles in 2018.
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Location
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