Elijah Reginald Williams

Communications at Northwestern University '26 · Braze

Philadelphia, PA · ET (UTC-5)

Northwestern University

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Overview

Final-year student interested in content. Recently built a Rust rewrite of a course grading tool. Comfortable with retention and CRM. Marathoner (8 so far).

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Roles in distributed databases
Second opinions on CRM decisions
Thoughtful intros to people in my field

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Unpaid work or spec projects
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Crypto token projects

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segmentationBrazeemailCRMretention

Open to workLooking for a role

closes in 3 months

Summer 2027 internship in UX design - Philadelphia or remote

Target roles: UX design
Level: Entry
Industries: Logistics, B2B SaaS
Work mode: On-site
Available: 90 days notice
Work authorization: Authorized to work in the PA
What I'm looking for: Early-stage company (Series A) where distributed databases is core to the product.
Not interested in: Pure people management

Built a crop-disease classifier. Comfortable with email and CRM. Graduating 2027.

Philadelphia, PA · remote OKemailretentionsegmentation

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Projects

Write-up: distributed databases in practice

2025

A long-form guide to distributed databases for people starting out.

Conference talk: lessons from storage

2023

What went wrong and what worked while scaling distributed databases.

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Education

Northwestern University
BA, Communications
2022 - 2026

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