✦ Adventurer's Chronicle ✦ Official Character Record ✦ Realm of Industry · Year 2026 ✦
Bill Dwyer
Class & Level Senior Software Engineer · Lv. 23
Background The Wandering Memoirist
Race Human (Midwest Variant)
Alignment Chaotic Helpful
Experience Points 20+ Years / Countless Commits
Base of Operations Portland, OR · (formerly: Arizona → Argentina)
Ability Scores
Intelligence
+4
19
Wisdom
+3
17
Dexterity
+3
16
Constitution
+3
17
Charisma
+2
15
Strength
+1
12
Saving Throws
  • +10Intelligence
  • +9Wisdom
  • +9Constitution
  • +3Dexterity
  • +2Charisma
  • +1Strength
Inspiration
✦ Active — from genuinely loving the craft
Proficiencies
  • Android Development★★
  • Kotlin & Jetpack Compose★★
  • MVVM Architecture & Modularization
  • Coroutines, Flows & LiveData
  • React & React Native
  • Node.js REST APIs
  • AI Tool Integration
  • Technical Leadership
  • Mentoring Junior Adventurers
  • CI/CD & Release Automation
  • Full-Stack Development
  • Data Visualization & Alerting
  • SQL / GraphQL / NoSQL
  • Docker & AWS
  • Overland Motorcycling (Legendary)
★★ Expertise (double proficiency bonus)
Combat Statistics
+6
Prof. Bonus
+3
Initiative
17
Armor Class
23d10
Hit Dice
20k mi
Speed
15
Passive Perc.
Maximum Hit Points
∞ DAU
Enterprise scale — millions of daily active users
Languages
KotlinJavaJavaScript C#C++SQLGraphQL
Equipment & Tools
gitDockerAWS VSCodeShellMotorcycle
Features & Class Abilities
Dual Arcane Specialization
Holds two B.S. degrees — Computer Science and Philosophy. May cast both Logical Reasoning and Socratic Debugging as bonus actions.
Rapid Ascension
Promoted to Tech Lead within six months at Cvent. Gains +2 to Leadership checks when joining a new party. Can be used once per employer.
AI Attunement
Naturally attuned to AI tools (GitHub Copilot, Cline, Claude Code). May integrate an AI assistant into any workflow without expending a spell slot.
Enterprise Resilience
Hardened by mobile development at scale. Resistant to crashes. Immune to "it works on my machine." Advantage on performance optimization checks.
Legendary Action: Motorcycle Journey ✦
Once per career — ride solo from Arizona to Argentina, 20,000 miles over 8 months. Grants Advantage on all Perspective, Resilience, and Dinner Party Story checks. Authored Anxiety Across the Americas as a legendary relic (+5 to all Memoir checks).
Great Mentor
Established junior developer mentoring programs at multiple guilds. Allies within 30 feet gain +1 to all skill checks when being observed.
Personality & Ideals
Personality Trait "A passion for learning and problem solving — I love opportunities to help connect users and technology in interesting ways."
Ideal Craft the best possible experience for users. Leave codebases better than you found them.
Bond Portland, OR. The open road. 20,000 miles and the book it became.
Contact Scroll dwyer.bill@gmail.com · 708-462-2455 · github.com/AtlasRider
⚔ Adventure Log — Completed Quests ⚔
eBay
09/2024 – Present
Senior Software Engineer · Portland, Oregon
  • Led item discovery & sales analytics; contributed to pricing and offer management tools
  • Refactored coupon feature; improvements via ViewModels, Coroutines, Flows, modularization
  • Cross-functional collaboration with PM and Design; provided technical mentorship
  • Integrated AI tools (Copilot, Cline, Claude Code) into daily development workflow
  • Enterprise-scale mobile: millions of daily active users
New Relic
11/2019 – 08/2024
Senior Software Engineer · Portland, Oregon
  • Led Android project building the New Relic observability platform mobile app
  • Built data visualizations, alerting, and a custom query mechanism
  • Led effort to add ChatGPT-like feature; integrated company AI solution
  • Migrated entire app (50+ screens) to Kotlin and Jetpack Compose
  • Modernized architecture; established CI pipeline and junior mentoring program
Cvent
08/2017 – 10/2019
Senior Software Engineer → Tech Lead · Portland, Oregon
  • Triggered Rapid Ascension feat — Tech Lead within six months of hire
  • Led React Native pilot injected into existing native app
  • Co-founded greenfield React Native app to replace legacy system
  • Created Storybook component library; led company React Native meetups
DAT Solutions
04/2016 – 08/2017
Senior Software Engineer · Portland, Oregon
  • Built DAT Load Board for Truckers Android app from concept to launch
  • Led feature development; established REST APIs on Node.js backend
Shiftwise, Inc.
09/2013 – 03/2016
Senior Software Engineer · Portland, Oregon
  • Lead engineer on company's first Android and iOS apps
  • Designed cross-platform libraries shared between apps; extensive automated UI testing
  • Full-stack feature work: Angular, C#, ServiceStack, MongoDB
Pop Art, Inc.
08/2012 – 09/2013
Web Developer · Portland, Oregon
  • Led agile team building ASP.NET MVC infrastructure for a PhoneGap iOS app
  • Built responsive and parallaxing HTML5 sites before the libraries existed
Pepper Hamilton LLP
03/2011 – 05/2012
Web Developer · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Built custom .NET web applications for a major law firm
  • Implemented SharePoint 2010 firm-wide
Solo Motorcycle Journey ✦ Legendary
07/2010 – 03/2011
Travel Blogger · Central & South America
  • Traveled solo overland 8 months, 20,000 miles — Arizona to Argentina
  • Blogged the journey to a devoted audience
  • Authored Anxiety Across the Americas — a legendary relic (+5 to Perspective)
University of Phoenix Online
09/2007 – 07/2010
Software Developer · Phoenix, Arizona
  • Maintained online classroom environment serving 400,000+ enrolled students
  • ASP.NET, C#, MSSQL, Oracle, REST/SOAP; architected complex system solutions
Hands On Technology
09/2005 – 09/2007
Software Developer · Hinsdale, Illinois
  • .NET/C# insurance claim encryption and transmission with dynamic form generation
  • Led migration of 300+ client databases from MySQL to SQL Server 2005
Ulta, Inc.
12/2004 – 09/2005
Software Developer · Romeoville, Illinois
  • C++/MFC GUI improvements; SQL reporting against corporate financial data
  • SAP batch data transfers
Remote Operations Company
07/2003 – 12/2004
Software Developer · Green Bay, Wisconsin
  • Project lead for Land O' Lakes inventory and CRM system
  • Inventory tracking for White Clover Dairy; portable data terminal libraries

Origin & Training

Forged in the frozen halls of Saint Norbert College, Green Bay, Wisconsin (2000–2004), young Bill completed the rare Dual Specialization in Computer Science and Philosophy — an unusual combination that proved devastating in both debugging and existential crises. Armed with two B.S. degrees and a dangerous amount of curiosity, he rode forth into the Realm of Industry.

The Legendary Journey

Between campaigns in Philadelphia and Portland, Bill activated his most storied feat: a solo motorcycle ride from Arizona to Argentina, 20,000 miles over eight months through Central and South America. The journey was chronicled in his memoir, Anxiety Across the Americas, and remains the source of permanent Advantage on Perspective, Resilience, and all Dinner Party Story checks.

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