William Dobbs

Senior Software Design Engineer

Covington, Georgia, United States

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About

Senior Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience designing and delivering scalable, high-performance applications across energy, IoT, and enterprise industries. Proven expertise in object-oriented programming, test-driven development, and cloud-based systems. Adept at improving software reliability and optimizing performance to support mission-critical solutions.

What I'm looking for

Looking for a new challenge and new technologies to work with. I have worked with the same tech stack for a while now and I am ready for something new.

Experience

Senior Software Design Engineer

Schneider Electric

Apr 2024 – Present

Leading design and development of cloud-enabled solutions for energy management systems. Modernized legacy applications, improving performance and maintainability. Collaborated with international teams to standardize engineering practices and ensure delivery of secure, scalable solutions.

CloudEnergy ManagementSoftware Design
Sense

Software Engineer

Sense

Jun 2022 – Apr 2024

Built and maintained real-time IoT software for home energy monitoring used by thousands of households. Improved API efficiency, reducing average response time. Increased test coverage by using TDD, strengthening product reliability. I partnered with a data science team to integrate machine learning features into core products.

IoTAPITDD
Acuity Brands

Software Development Engineer

Acuity Brands

Jan 2019 – May 2022

Developed enterprise lighting control solutions deployed across large-scale commercial environments. Reduced system downtime through proactive monitoring and bug prevention measures. Applied Agile and TDD to deliver major feature updates on time and within scope.

Lighting ControlAgileTDD
T2 Systems

Software Developer

T2 Systems

Mar 2018 – Sep 2018

Developed mobility and parking management solutions for municipalities and universities. Implemented modular OOP architecture, improving code reusability and reducing onboarding time for new developers.

OOPMobility SolutionsSoftware Development

.NET Developer I

RaceTrac Petroleum

Aug 2015 – Mar 2018

Designed and maintained internal enterprise apps supporting retail operations across 700+ store locations. Optimized SQL queries, reducing system load times. Delivered . NET enhancements that improved transaction reliability during peak operations.

.NETSQLEnterprise Apps

Education

University of North Georgia

University of North Georgia

B.S. · Computer Science

2013 – 2015
Georgia Perimeter College

Georgia Perimeter College

Computer Science Coursework

2011 – 2013

Skills

TDDOOPGCPAzureAWSPostGRESMySQLCassandraIntelliJ IDEAVisual StudiosCopilotREST APIsKubernetesDockerGit.NETSQLPythonJavaC#