Technical Software Consultant

• Building software for various clients

Co-Founder | Head of Engineering

• Lead the successful launch of Canada’s first neobank for small businesses

• Built and managed an engineering team comprised of full-time and contract employees, leading to increased project velocity

• Strategically pivoted to develop and launch a new product, a React Native app and chatbot that finds freelancers an average of $6,327.94 in tax write-offs per year

• Deployed scalable, cloud-native financial applications on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), enhancing system reliability and performance

• Engineered a comprehensive CI/CD pipeline encompassing test databases, integration testing, and streamlined app store deployment, ensuring high-quality releases

• Recovered over 5-figures ($) in SR&ED tax credits

Senior Software Engineer

• In partnership with the CTO and Engineering Manager, pioneered the development and adoption of advanced engineering standards, elevating team performance and product quality

• Led intricate multi-stage migrations in AWS and MongoDB, leading to a 30% improvement in SEO performance through optimized taxonomy

Senior Developer

• Directed multi-disciplinary teams in the delivery of sophisticated applications, achieving client success in the E-Commerce and Entertainment sectors

• Orchestrated large-scale software deployments with precision, encompassing rigorous regression testing and critical hot-fixes, ensuring seamless transitions

• Automated quality assurance testing using tools like WebDriver.io, Cypress, and a custom Dockerized QA pipeline

• Implemented SSR, Google Analytics, and SEO for Japan’s largest fast fashion retailer, improving site load times and user engagement

• Mentored junior developers, improving the overall strength of their teams

• As a team lead I managed project workloads, task creation and assignment, feedback and evaluations to ensure projects kept moving and the team was shielded from external detractors