Samuel is available for hire

Samuel Williams

Verified Expert in Engineering

Algorithms Developer

Minneapolis, MN, United States

Toptal member since August 24, 2020

Expertise

Windows C C++Algorithms Git Python C#Jira Visual Studio Code (VS Code)Jenkins Databases Java Qt Visual Basic

Bio

Samuel gained two years of experience in embedded device development in Garmin's Avionics department after graduating from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology's computer science program. He's also had the opportunity to work with cryptography, databases, and front-end development throughout a series of internships.

Portfolio

Garmin

Jenkins, Jira, Git, Python, C

Eclypses

Software as a Service (SaaS), Tokenization, Encryption, C...

Ridge Software Solutions

.NET, Graphical User Interface (GUI), Windows Forms (WinForms), Visual Basic...

Experience

Windows - 6 years C - 6 years Git - 5 years Data Structures - 4 years C++ - 4 years Algorithms - 4 years Embedded Development - 2 years Python - 2 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Git, Jira, Windows

The most amazing...

...optimization I've made has been updating an automated test suite to run in 1/8th the time, saving days of server time every week.

Work Experience

Software Engineer

2018 - 2020

Garmin

Developed and maintained interface applications for a variety of aviation hardware.
Optimized automated testing suite, reducing run time from 4 hours to 30 minutes.
Wrote complete and thorough tests, achieving 100% code coverage for significant interfaces.
Investigated and solved a variety of triage issues.

Technologies: Jenkins, Jira, Git, Python, C

Software Engineer Intern

2017 - 2017

Eclypses

Developed and optimized SaaS encryption library for embedded devices in C.
Investigated and implemented cryptographically secure random number generation and hash functions.
Increased speed of encryption operations by >60 times, and decreased memory footprint to 1/8.

Technologies: Software as a Service (SaaS), Tokenization, Encryption, C, Random Number Generation

Software Engineer Intern

2016 - 2016

Ridge Software Solutions

Developed and managed SQL databases for clients in the financial industry.
Developed front-end Windows Forms applications with Visual Basic .NET for user-database interfacing.
Converted data stored via outdated methods to modern database solutions.

Technologies: .NET, Graphical User Interface (GUI), Windows Forms (WinForms), Visual Basic, SQL

Experience

Robotics Simulation Application

A desktop application that simulates the types of robots used in high school and college-level robotics classes. Students can test code and configurations in the simulation before using actual hardware.

Education

2013 - 2018

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology - Rapid City, SD

Skills

Libraries/APIs

Windows Forms (WinForms)

Tools

Git, Jira, Jenkins

Languages

C++, C, Python, C#, Java, Visual Basic, SQL

Platforms

Windows, Visual Studio Code (VS Code)

Frameworks

Qt, .NET, Unity, Unity2D, Unity3D

Storage

Databases

Other

Embedded Development, Algorithms, Data Structures, Encryption, Tokenization, Software as a Service (SaaS), Graphical User Interface (GUI), Random Number Generation

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