William Claytor - Senior Software Engineer | Over 25 Years Experience in QA & Test Automation

A methodical problem-solver who believes that quality is everyone's responsibility, and that the best software is built when we bake QA in from the start.

With over 25 years of hands-on experience spanning software development, quality assurance, and test automation, I've had the privilege of building teams, shipping products, and transforming how organizations think about quality.

Currently pioneering AI-assisted QA workflows, using tools like GitHub Copilot and automated pipelines to turn what used to take hours into minutes.

Areas of Expertise

Software Development

Certified in Java and .NET web development. Fluent in Ruby, JavaScript, Python, and PowerShell. Building production systems from Rails apps to automation frameworks.

Java .NET Ruby Python JavaScript

Quality Assurance

Led globally distributed QA teams across multiple time zones. Built quality into CI/CD pipelines. Established processes that make quality a shared responsibility across engineering.

Team Leadership CI/CD SDLC Test Strategy

Test Automation

Architected test frameworks using Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, and Gatling. From unit tests to performance suites—building automation that developers actually want to run.

Selenium Playwright Gatling API Testing

View Full Resume

Featured Projects

A showcase of recent work demonstrating expertise in modern web development, progressive web apps, and developer tooling.

Alpine Resume

Alpine Resume

Alpine Resume transforms a traditional Markdown-formatted resume into a beautiful, interactive PWA with offline capability and modern design.

Alpine.js Markdown PWA

View Project View README

Alpine Markdown Presentation

Alpine Markdown Presentation

A beautiful, offline-capable PWA for creating and presenting Markdown-based slide decks. Perfect for meetings and conference presentations.

Alpine.js Markdown PWA Presentations

View Project View README

Experiments

A sandbox for creative explorations, prototypes, and technical experiments. These projects are works-in-progress showcasing new ideas and techniques.

Experiment

Background Transformer

Interactive CSS gradient editor for experimenting with the site's unified background theming system.

Alpine.js CSS Gradients

Experiment

Dynamic Resume

Zero-dependency Markdown-to-HTML resume generator creating standalone, accessible resumes with short/full views and theme support.

Markdown Python Vanilla JS

View Resume README

Experiment

NYE 2025 Fireworks Display

🎆 NYE 2025 Fireworks

NYE 2025 fireworks display built with pure vanilla JavaScript and HTML5 Canvas.

Vanilla JS Canvas Animation

Experiment

Pyrotechnica Fireworks Simulator

🎆 Pyrotechnica

Fireworks design and performance tool. Create sequences and choreograph shows with the timeline editor.

Vanilla JS Canvas Web Audio

Email

wclaytor@fastmail.com