Billy Stalnaker is the kind of engineer startups dream about and enterprise teams wish they had on speed dial.
A decade-deep software architect equally at home in Laravel, FastAPI, React, Go, or Rails — Billy picks the right tool for the job, not the trendy one. His brain runs on YAML, makefiles, and well-oiled CI pipelines. He doesn't just write code — he wires up full systems, wrangles infrastructure, and glues APIs together like a backend alchemist.
Founder of Mazewayz (a geospatial experience platform with serious vision), Billy's got one foot in tech and the other in interactive adventure. Whether he's warping maps with GDAL, bending TPS transforms to his will, or tuning ArgoCD ApplicationSets like a maestro — he does it all with precision and zero tolerance for BS.
He's got a hacker's curiosity, a founder's hustle, and a production engineer's paranoia. If something doesn't line up pixel-perfect — or policy-wise — he'll chase it to the edge of the stack.
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The Stalnaker family resides in Apex, NC. With roots at the coast in Wilmington, NC, William graduated from Cape Fear Community College. His passion for learning and technology moved his family to the RTP area. His lovely wife Kyrstin by his side — their family navigating this tricky world the best way they know how: by loving and communicating.