Will Justice — Product-minded Tech Lead and Fullstack Engineer

I’m Will, an experienced technical leader and fullstack engineer with 15+ years of expertise building scalable web applications, leading remote teams, and shipping product-focused solutions.

Scaling Music Education at Forte

As Director of Engineering at Forte, I led the technical team through multiple product evolutions while remaining hands-on with the codebase. This case study explores how we built scalable systems to connect music students and teachers through high-quality remote instruction.

Scaling Third-Party Risk Assessment at CyberGRX

As a senior engineer and eventual team lead at CyberGRX, I helped architect and scale their third-party risk assessment platform through GraphQL federation, performance optimization, and developer experience improvements.

Work

  1. Company
    Forte
    Role
    Director of Engineering
    Date
  2. Company
    CyberGRX (now ProcessUnity)
    Role
    Staff Engineer
    Date
  3. Company
    Unself
    Role
    Senior UX Engineer
    Date
  4. Company
    IHS Markit (now S&P Global)
    Role
    UX/UI Designer
    Date

My Toolkit

I specialize in building high-performance, scalable web applications using a modern TypeScript-first stack. Whether it's product-focused frontend work, backend architecture, or full-stack delivery, these are the tools I reach for daily — from APIs and UIs to observability and deployment.

typescript
react
nodejs
stripe
prisma
vercel
aws
postgres
tailwindcss
apollo
datadog
graphql
retool
nextjs
contentful
docker
firebase
mongodb
daily
opentelemetry
cypress