The Dwyer Dispatch
Portland, Oregon • Professional Record • Est. 2003
Senior Engineer Edition dwyer.bill@gmail.com • 708-462-2455 github.com/AtlasRider
Career Profile
Portland Engineer Ships Code
Used by Millions Daily
From Green Bay classrooms to global app stores, two decades of connecting people with technology — plus one motorcycle, eight months, and twenty thousand miles.
Recent Experience
eBay — Sr. Software Engineer
09/2024 – Present · Portland, OR

Led development of item discovery and sales analytics features, contributing to intelligent pricing and offer management tools that streamline seller workflows. Integrated AI development tools — GitHub Copilot, Cline, and Claude Code — into daily engineering workflow. Serving millions of daily active users at enterprise scale.

“I love opportunities to connect users and technology in interesting ways.”
New Relic — Sr. Software Engineer
11/2019 – 08/2024 · Portland, OR

Led the Android project to build the mobile face of New Relic's observability platform. Migrated an entire app of 50+ screens to Kotlin and Jetpack Compose. Led the company's AI integration effort. Established CI pipeline and release automation.

Technical Specifications
AndroidKotlin, Compose, MVVM, Coroutines, Flows, Dagger, Retrofit
WebReact, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS
BackendNode, GraphQL, SQL, Java, C#
DataPostgres, SQLite, MySQL, NoSQL
Toolinggit, Docker, AWS, Shell, AI tools
Portland Years
Cvent — Sr. Software Engineer
08/2017 – 10/2019 · Portland, OR

Transitioned to tech lead within six months of hire. Led pilot to inject React Native into the existing native application, then founded the greenfield React Native app to replace the legacy codebase. Built a Storybook component library aligned to UX design and led company-hosted React Native meetups.

DAT Solutions — Sr. Software Engineer
04/2016 – 08/2017 · Portland, OR

Built the DAT Load Board for Truckers Android app — described internally as "the Uber for Truckers" — from concept to initial launch. Established new REST APIs on the Node.js backend.

Shiftwise — Sr. Software Engineer
09/2013 – 03/2016 · Portland, OR

Lead engineer on the company's first Android and iOS apps. Designed cross-platform libraries shared between both. Full-stack feature development in Angular, C#, ServiceStack, and MongoDB, with extensive automated testing.

Education

Saint Norbert College
Green Bay, Wisconsin, 2000–2004
B.S. Computer Science
B.S. Philosophy

Feature: The Long Road
Pop Art, Inc. — Web Developer
08/2012 – 09/2013 · Portland, OR

Led agile team building ASP.NET MVC infrastructure for a PhoneGap iOS app. Built responsive and parallaxing sites using HTML5 techniques before the libraries for them existed.

Between Philadelphia and Portland lies a story most resumes skip: eight months, one motorcycle, and 20,000 miles from Arizona to the southern tip of Argentina.

Solo Motorcycle Journey
07/2010 – 03/2011 · Central & South America

Traveled overland solo on a motorcycle through Central and South America. Blogged the adventure to a healthy readership. Author of Anxiety Across the Americas: One Man's 20,000 Mile Motorcycle Journey.

“Nerdy disposition with a sense of humor ¯\_(ツ)_/¯”
Pepper Hamilton LLP — Web Dev
03/2011 – 05/2012 · Philadelphia, PA

Custom .NET web applications for a major law practice. Implemented SharePoint 2010 firm-wide.

Univ. of Phoenix Online — Developer
09/2007 – 07/2010 · Phoenix, AZ

Maintained online classroom serving 400,000+ enrolled students. Mentored junior developers and spearheaded architectural solutions.

Early Career Highlights

Hands On Technology, IL Insurance claims .NET app; led 300+ client DB migration MySQL → SQL Server 09/2005–09/2007
Ulta, Inc., IL C++/MFC GUI improvements; SQL reporting on corporate financial data; SAP batch processes 12/2004–09/2005
Remote Operations Co., WI Project lead for Land O' Lakes inventory/CRM; portable data terminal libraries 07/2003–12/2004
Contact Information

Portland, Oregon
dwyer.bill@gmail.com
708-462-2455
github.com/AtlasRider
References available upon request