Bill Glover

Bill Glover

Staff / Senior Software Engineer — Backend, Cloud & Embedded Systems Amarillo, TX · Remote · Available now for contract and staff augmentation

bill@billglover.com · 806-433-0866 · github.com/scriptgadget · billglover.com

Summary

Hands-on senior engineer with thirty years building production systems where the cost of failure is high: feedmill control deployed across 65 feedyards, dam and river control for the Bureau of Reclamation, airline operations software, and a global philanthropic giving platform on AWS. Comfortable from embedded C up through cloud architecture. I ship, I debug the hard ones, and I lead by doing. Looking for hands-on senior IC work, not management.

Core Skills

Languages: Java, C, C++, Python, Bash, JavaScript, HTML/CSS AWS (production): EC2, RDS, DynamoDB, Lambda, API Gateway, SQS, CloudFront, S3, ELB, Route 53, CloudFormation, Step Functions Infrastructure: Docker, Docker Swarm, Redis, SendGrid, Linux Domains: AgTech and embedded control, cloud platforms, airline/travel systems, nonprofit and mission-driven SaaS, RFID

Experience

Independent — Contract Engineering & Technical Advisory · 2025-Present Contract backend and cloud engineering plus technical advisory for early-stage and mission-driven companies. Cloud architecture, modernization, and internal tooling.

GlobalGiving — Engineering (AWS platform) · 2018-2025 One of the largest global crowdfunding platforms, connecting nonprofits and donors in nearly every country.

  • Consulting Engineer (2024-2025): Drove modernization and compliance work, supported business continuity, and reinforced engineering best practices on the production AWS platform.
  • Director of Engineering (2021-2024): Owned architecture and delivery for the platform while staying close to the code. Led the engineering team through scaling, reliability, and technical-debt work without burning people out.
  • Senior Software Engineer (2018-2021): Hands-on development and architecture across the AWS-based giving platform.

AJA Video Systems — Senior Staff Engineer · 2008-2015 Embedded C++ on Linux-based video capture and processing hardware for film production and broadcast. Low-level, performance-critical work alongside recognized leaders in video hardware.

Sabre Holdings — Chief Architect, Airline Solutions · 2007-2008 Set and validated the technical architecture and roadmap for a global airline-software organization. Direct technical oversight across a portfolio driving roughly 150 products, balancing standards against tight delivery deadlines.

Sun Microsystems — Senior Java Architect / Enterprise RFID Architect · 2001-2006 Delivered architecture, design-pattern, and J2EE platform work for Sun’s customers as lead architect through full system lifecycles, including a complete re-architecture of one of the highest-value travel sites in the world. Recognized RFID subject-matter expert; led the RFID technology incubator.

Earlier roles

  • Micro Beef Technologies: Embedded C control systems for cattle feedyards on QNX and MSDOS. Built a checksummed asynchronous packet protocol over radio modems for a mission-critical feedmill batching system deployed at 65 sites, plus an RFID-based animal-tracking system. (AgTech, embedded.)
  • Bureau of Reclamation (via Anteon): SCADA control code and operating procedures for Imperial Dam and Lower Colorado River water-control systems. Remote telemetry control in Sutron Data Language; Java water-planning application.
  • BancCorp Systems: Single-codebase trust-banking system in C and RPG III across MSDOS, Novell, and AS/400.

Selected Project

Cloud cost-audit CLI (in development). A command-line tool that audits AWS accounts for cost-configuration problems and produces a locked report. Scans regions concurrently and runs under a strictly read-only IAM policy. Built around a small set of named types and a per-service check interface for clean extensibility.

Publications

RFID Essentials (O’Reilly Media). Co-authored technical reference on RFID theory and practice.

Certifications

Sun Certified Java Programmer · Sun Certified Enterprise Architect