I'm a Senior Full Stack & Web Developer with 9+ years of experience designing and delivering SEO-optimized, user-friendly websites and web applications. I specialize in building responsive, high-performance platforms that improve user engagement and search engine rankings. I enjoy taking ownership of projects from planning through deployment and strive to deliver measurable business impact on time. I focus on combining solid frontend UX with robust backend architecture, CMS integration, and workflow automation to create scalable solutions. I thrive in collaborative environments with product managers, designers, and marketing teams, and I continuously pursue performance improvements, accessibility, and SEO best practices.…

Christopher Martin

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I'm a Senior Full Stack & Web Developer with 9+ years of experience designing and delivering SEO-optimized, user-friendly websites and web applications. I specialize in building responsive, high-performance platforms that improve user engagement and search engine rankings. I enjoy taking ownership of projects from planning through deployment and strive to deliver measurable business impact on time. I focus on combining solid frontend UX with robust backend architecture, CMS integration, and workflow automation to create scalable solutions. I thrive in collaborative environments with product managers, designers, and marketing teams, and I continuously pursue performance improvements, accessibility, and SEO best practices.…

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I’m a Senior Full Stack & Web Developer with 9+ years of experience designing and delivering SEO-optimized, user-friendly websites and web applications. I specialize in building responsive, high-performance platforms that improve user engagement and search engine rankings. I enjoy taking ownership of projects from planning through deployment and strive to deliver measurable business impact on time.

I focus on combining solid frontend UX with robust backend architecture, CMS integration, and workflow automation to create scalable solutions. I thrive in collaborative environments with product managers, designers, and marketing teams, and I continuously pursue performance improvements, accessibility, and SEO best practices.

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Skills

Experience Level

SQL
Expert
HTML5
Expert
JavaScript
Expert
AWS
Expert
Python
Expert
PostgreSQL
Expert
TypeScript
Expert
CSS
Expert
Docker
Expert
Redis
Expert
Golang
Expert
React JS
Expert
MySQL
Expert
Node.js
Expert
Kubernetes
Expert
MongoDB
Expert
Jira
Expert
GitHub
Expert
Django
Expert
PHP
Expert
Bash
Expert
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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Senior Full Stack Developer at Hootsuite
September 1, 2021 - Present
Owned backend engineering for high-traffic analytics, publishing, and search-driven services, supporting millions of API requests across distributed systems. Designed and maintained high-performance RESTful APIs in Go and Node.js, integrating internal and external data sources to power customer-facing dashboards and workflows. Led multi-sprint initiatives from technical discovery through production deployment, migrating legacy monolith components into modular microservices to improve isolation, fault tolerance, and maintainability. Collaborated with product managers, designers, and customer-facing teams to translate user needs into scalable backend and frontend-integrated solutions. Provided architectural guidance, deep code reviews, and mentorship to support team delivery and technical quality. Achievements: reduced critical API latency by 40% through refactoring, caching layers, and query optimization; delivered an automation/workflow builder that improved enterprise efficiency by 30
Lead Software Developer at Farmers Edge
June 1, 2018 - August 1, 2021
Led backend and full stack development for data-heavy, search-driven platforms used at scale across North America. Architected backend ingestion and aggregation pipelines processing satellite imagery and IoT data, with strong guarantees around reliability, throughput, and data integrity. Owned system design decisions and guided engineers through complex API integrations, platform scalability challenges, and production rollouts. Partnered closely with product, agronomy, and data science teams to align engineering delivery with real customer workflows and operational needs. Established internal tooling, onboarding documentation, and best practices to support sustainable growth and faster feature delivery. Achievements: reduced end-to-end data processing time by 60%, enabling faster search results and customer insights; launched a new customer-facing dashboard that increased client retention by 20%; recognized by the CTO for MVP launch ahead of schedule while maintaining engineering quali
Software Developer at Farmers Edge
December 1, 2016 - June 1, 2018
Built and scaled backend services in Python (Django and Flask) supporting multi-tenant, production-grade platforms. Implemented secure, token-based APIs and integrated multiple third-party data providers for real-time metrics and reporting. Contributed actively to sprint planning, technical design discussions, and system reliability improvements. Wrote comprehensive unit and integration tests to ensure long-term maintainability and platform stability. Achievements: improved backend performance by 45% through database tuning, caching strategies, and API optimization; delivered a multi-tenant platform adopted by thousands of customers across North America; earned an internal award for technical ownership during a critical stabilization phase.

Education

Master of Computer Science at University of Alberta
September 1, 2014 - April 1, 2016
Bachelor of Computer Science at University of Lethbridge
September 1, 2010 - April 1, 2014
Master of Computer Science at University of Alberta
September 1, 2014 - April 1, 2016
Bachelor of Computer Science at University of Lethbridge
September 1, 2010 - April 1, 2014
Master of Computer Science at University of Alberta
September 1, 2014 - April 1, 2016
Bachelor of Computer Science at University of Lethbridge
September 1, 2010 - April 1, 2014

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Agriculture & Mining, Media & Entertainment
    paper Invoice Extraction App

    OVERVIEW

    This application provides AI-powered invoice extraction capabilities using OCR and local Ollama models. Users can upload PDF or DOCX invoices, extract structured data, edit metadata, and compare different invoices.

    FEATURES

    1. Document Upload: Support for PDF and DOCX files
    2. AI Extraction: OCR + Ollama LLM for intelligent data extraction
    3. Database Storage: SQLite database for storing extracted data
    4. Real-time Processing: Quick document processing with immediate UI updates
    5. Data Editing: Edit extracted invoice data before saving
    6. Invoice Comparison: Compare two invoices side-by-side
    7. Clean UI: User-friendly interface built with React/Next.js and Tailwind CSS

    ARCHITECTURE

    Frontend: React/Next.js (port 3000)
    Backend: Flask (port 5000)
    Database: SQLite (invoices.db)
    AI: PyTesseract OCR + Ollama LLM (local)

    This application provides a solid foundation for invoice processing that can be scaled to enterprise-level requirements with the strategies outlined above.