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Hi, I’m Willie Wrinkle Richardson, a software engineer with 10 years of fintech infrastructure experience, specializing in microservices, payment systems integration, and large‑scale platforms. I built and own the payment platform at Snap! Mobile, processing payouts for tens of thousands of campaigns. I’ve architected secure, compliant systems and led initiatives across multiple fintech products. My background in music informs a systems‑thinking, collaborative approach to engineering. I’m passionate about zero‑downtime migrations, API standardization across large engineering organizations, and security‑first design.…Hi, I’m Willie Wrinkle Richardson, a software engineer with 10 years of fintech infrastructure experience, specializing in microservices, payment systems integration, and large‑scale platforms. I built and own the payment platform at Snap! Mobile, processing payouts for tens of thousands of campaigns. I’ve architected secure, compliant systems and led initiatives across multiple fintech products. My background in music informs a systems‑thinking, collaborative approach to engineering. I’m passionate about zero‑downtime migrations, API standardization across large engineering organizations, and security‑first design.

Willie Wrinkle Richardson

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Hi, I’m Willie Wrinkle Richardson, a software engineer with 10 years of fintech infrastructure experience, specializing in microservices, payment systems integration, and large‑scale platforms. I built and own the payment platform at Snap! Mobile, processing payouts for tens of thousands of campaigns. I’ve architected secure, compliant systems and led initiatives across multiple fintech products. My background in music informs a systems‑thinking, collaborative approach to engineering. I’m passionate about zero‑downtime migrations, API standardization across large engineering organizations, and security‑first design.…Hi, I’m Willie Wrinkle Richardson, a software engineer with 10 years of fintech infrastructure experience, specializing in microservices, payment systems integration, and large‑scale platforms. I built and own the payment platform at Snap! Mobile, processing payouts for tens of thousands of campaigns. I’ve architected secure, compliant systems and led initiatives across multiple fintech products. My background in music informs a systems‑thinking, collaborative approach to engineering. I’m passionate about zero‑downtime migrations, API standardization across large engineering organizations, and security‑first design.

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Hi, I’m Willie Wrinkle Richardson, a software engineer with 10 years of fintech infrastructure experience, specializing in microservices, payment systems integration, and large‑scale platforms. I built and own the payment platform at Snap! Mobile, processing payouts for tens of thousands of campaigns. I’ve architected secure, compliant systems and led initiatives across multiple fintech products.

My background in music informs a systems‑thinking, collaborative approach to engineering. I’m passionate about zero‑downtime migrations, API standardization across large engineering organizations, and security‑first design.

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Work Experience

Software Engineer at Snap! Mobile

February 1, 2022 - January 1, 2026

Architected a PII‑compliant payment infrastructure integrating Stripe and Unit APIs, processing payouts for tens of thousands of fundraising campaigns. Reduced onboarding friction for returning customers via an account inheritance system, enabling reuse of payment data. Led tokenization rollout across the organization, securing sensitive financial data for 30,000+ teams. Developed GCP‑hosted Node.js microservices using TypeScript, Express and Apollo supporting multiple fintech products. Migrated fragile, long‑running logic to resilient Temporal workflows. Designed federated GraphQL API subgraphs consumed by 10+ engineering teams; contributed to GraphQL standardization and API conventions. Migrated 20K+ account records from a legacy monolith to microservices with zero data loss and zero downtime.

Associate Infrastructure Developer at JP Morgan Chase

March 1, 2020 - February 1, 2022

Maintained and extended a cloud service migration management system used enterprise‑wide by 50–60 infrastructure engineers. Engineered and maintained 10+ Node.js microservices used by multiple internal applications. Implemented CI/CD pipelines using JP Morgan’s internal Cloud foundations. Optimized applications for heavy traffic, enabling thousands of migrations per year with improved performance and scalability.

Application Developer (Contract) at Insite

September 1, 2019 - February 1, 2020

Implemented features for an internal multi‑platform marketing CMS. Evaluated and recommended libraries for a complete rewrite of the Pizza Hut landing page in React, improving performance and maintainability. Extended React internal rules to support new business requirements.

Senior Software Engineer at Spacee

March 1, 2018 - September 1, 2019

Architected IoT device management systems in Node.js and Python for computer vision and projection experience platforms; deployed locally and remotely via Azure Cloud. Created in‑person demos of prototype devices using Raspberry Pi and Arduino. Redesigned and rewritten the project experience editor in Angular, improving user workflow and feature capabilities. Designed and deployed cloud‑based services on Azure to support IoT systems. Mentored two software engineers on production features.

Application Developer at Insite

May 1, 2017 - March 1, 2018

Implemented server‑side solutions for data‑heavy Django projects across multiple industries. Created React applications for web and mobile platforms. Delivered REST APIs for internal and external consumers. Collaborated with the design team to convert mockups into production‑ready UI.