Will Peters

Backend Engineer at Uber · API platforms · PostgreSQL, Redis

Uber

San Diego, CA · PT (UTC-8)

3+ years experience

University of Washington

English

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Overview

Currently at Uber, where I work on API platforms. Reduced cloud spend on public API by 27% in two quarters. Grew the public API team from 5 to 38 engineers. Most at home with OpenAPI and REST. Trail runner and occasional climber.

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Mentors who have done this before
Roles in API platforms
Working sessions on rate limiting
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Slower in the last week of each quarter

Skills

PostgreSQLRedisCI/CDrate limitingRESTOpenAPI

Open to workLooking for a role

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Open to Backend Engineer roles at growth-stage edtech companies

Target roles: Backend Engineer
Level: Senior
Industries: E-commerce, Consumer apps
Work mode: Hybrid
Available: Immediately
Work authorization: Authorized to work in the CA
What I'm looking for: Hands-on work on rate limiting with room to mentor.
Not interested in: Crypto

3 years in API platforms. Strongest at CI/CD and PostgreSQL. Serving notice now.

San Diego, CA · remote OKci/cdpostgresqlrest

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LearningLearning something

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Looking for feedback on my portfolio from someone in mobility

Goal: Build a portfolio project in API platforms that I'd be proud to show.
Where I am now: Some experience
Ideal mentor: Someone who has worked in API platforms for a few years
Cadence: Monthly
What I can offer back: Introductions in my college network

3 years in so far. Looking for honest feedback, once or twice a month.

San Diego, CA · remote OKrate limitingpostgresqlopenapi

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Experience

Backend Engineer
Dec 2023 - Present
Uber · 2 yr 10 mo · Contract · San Diego, CA
- Brought on-call pages for public API down from 24 a week to 3.
- Cut p99 latency on the public API services from 340ms to 93ms.
- Shipped 12 launches on the public API team without a rollback.

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2026

Reproducible benchmarks comparing REST and Redis on real workloads.

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Education

University of Washington
BS, Computer Science
2019 - 2023

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