# Will Tong

> Will Tong is a San Francisco-based founding engineer at AfterQuery whose public record traces an uncommon route from molecular and cellular biology into computer science, teaching, cloud engineering and AI training infrastructure. A Johns Hopkins graduate with a 3.97 GPA, he taught data structures and object-oriented software engineering, interned at ABB and Amazon Web Services, contributed to an Amazon SageMaker model-customization launch, and now works at a company trying to turn professional judgment into data that AI systems can learn from.

- **Role:** Founding Engineer at AfterQuery
- **Organizations:** AfterQuery, Amazon Web Services, ABB, The Johns Hopkins University, Cardinal Education
- **Education:** Computer Science; initially studied Molecular and Cellular Biology, The Johns Hopkins University
- **Known for:** Earned a 3.97 GPA at Johns Hopkins University., Selected among 2024 Johns Hopkins computer science department and school awardees., Served as a teaching assistant for Data Structures and Object-Oriented Software Engineering.

## Career timeline

- **Undergraduate years** — Worked as a teaching assistant for Data Structures and Object-Oriented Software Engineering at Johns Hopkins and tutored math and computer science.
- **Before 2024** — Completed software-engineering internships at ABB and Amazon Web Services.
- **2024** — Was named among Johns Hopkins computer science department and school awardees.
- **2025** — Was credited among contributors to Amazon SageMaker AI's agentic serverless model-customization preview announced at AWS re:Invent.
- **2026** — Publicly listed as a founding engineer at AfterQuery in the San Francisco Bay Area.

## Achievements

- Earned a 3.97 GPA at Johns Hopkins University.
- Selected among 2024 Johns Hopkins computer science department and school awardees.
- Served as a teaching assistant for Data Structures and Object-Oriented Software Engineering.
- Contributed to the team behind Amazon SageMaker AI's agentic serverless model-customization preview.
- Joined AfterQuery as a founding engineer.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Continues as a founding engineer at AfterQuery as the company was reported to have reached a $3.2 billion valuation in a Series B round.

## Links

- Website: https://www.afterquery.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tong-william

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Last updated: 2026-09-26