Description: Derek Williams - Resume
A principal engineer, full-stack developer, software architect, and engineering team leader. A starter, creator, learner, and mentor with deep experience building mission-critical software systems.
Architecting, designing, and coding store selling and checkout solutions. Deploying computer vision models and ML-based decision models. Building Kubernetes services deployed at cloud (GCP/GKE) and edge (in store). February 2023 - Present Principal Engineering Team Leader Chick-fil-A Led payments engineering teams with staff direct reports and contractors. Developed new strategies and designs for our digital and card-present payments. Developed Spring microservices and native app frameworks for our customer
Served as enterprise architect and lead developer for new product initiatives, cross-product integration, and technology standards.