I’m a full-stack developer with a strong focus on building scalable, real-world applications that actually perform under pressure. I’ve worked across both front-end and back-end systems using technologies like React, Next.js, Node.js, and MongoDB, building everything from responsive dashboards to real-time, data-driven platforms. A lot of my work has involved handling live data — designing APIs, managing concurrent connections, and making sure systems stay fast and reliable as they scale. I’ve also spent time optimizing existing systems, debugging complex issues, and improving codebases so they’re easier to maintain long-term. Alongside development, I also create high-performing UGC and AI-generated content, with experience growing social accounts to tens of thousands of followers and generating millions of views. This gives me a strong understanding of user behavior, engagement, and what actually captures attention — which I bring into both product development and client work. What sets me apart is that I don’t just build features — I think about how everything connects, from backend performance to user experience to how people actually interact with a product or piece of content. I’ve also taught and designed technical curriculum, which means I communicate clearly and build systems that others can easily understand and work with. If you’re looking for someone who can build clean, scalable systems and also understands how users engage with products and content, I’m someone you can rely on.

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I’m a full-stack developer with a strong focus on building scalable, real-world applications that actually perform under pressure. I’ve worked across both front-end and back-end systems using technologies like React, Next.js, Node.js, and MongoDB, building everything from responsive dashboards to real-time, data-driven platforms. A lot of my work has involved handling live data — designing APIs, managing concurrent connections, and making sure systems stay fast and reliable as they scale. I’ve also spent time optimizing existing systems, debugging complex issues, and improving codebases so they’re easier to maintain long-term. Alongside development, I also create high-performing UGC and AI-generated content, with experience growing social accounts to tens of thousands of followers and generating millions of views. This gives me a strong understanding of user behavior, engagement, and what actually captures attention — which I bring into both product development and client work. What sets me apart is that I don’t just build features — I think about how everything connects, from backend performance to user experience to how people actually interact with a product or piece of content. I’ve also taught and designed technical curriculum, which means I communicate clearly and build systems that others can easily understand and work with. If you’re looking for someone who can build clean, scalable systems and also understands how users engage with products and content, I’m someone you can rely on.

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I’m a full-stack developer with a strong focus on building scalable, real-world applications that actually perform under pressure. I’ve worked across both front-end and back-end systems using technologies like React, Next.js, Node.js, and MongoDB, building everything from responsive dashboards to real-time, data-driven platforms.

A lot of my work has involved handling live data — designing APIs, managing concurrent connections, and making sure systems stay fast and reliable as they scale. I’ve also spent time optimizing existing systems, debugging complex issues, and improving codebases so they’re easier to maintain long-term.

Alongside development, I also create high-performing UGC and AI-generated content, with experience growing social accounts to tens of thousands of followers and generating millions of views. This gives me a strong understanding of user behavior, engagement, and what actually captures attention — which I bring into both product development and client work.

What sets me apart is that I don’t just build features — I think about how everything connects, from backend performance to user experience to how people actually interact with a product or piece of content. I’ve also taught and designed technical curriculum, which means I communicate clearly and build systems that others can easily understand and work with.

If you’re looking for someone who can build clean, scalable systems and also understands how users engage with products and content, I’m someone you can rely on.

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Work Experience

Software Engineering Instructor
July 1, 2025 - Present
Worked within a team delivering material for a 6-month Software Engineering program, focusing on MERN stack, data structures and algorithms, and AI's role in programming. Managed 2 cohorts simultaneously and optimized curriculum content delivery and flow to transition beginners to experienced MERN developers with multiple projects and a GitHub portfolio.
Computer Science Instructional Designer at Braemar College
January 1, 2025 - July 1, 2025
Developed comprehensive course materials and instructional design for a computer science program, collaborating with subject matter experts to create engaging content and assessments and to align with learning objectives.
Software Engineer at Canada Systems
November 1, 2024 - July 1, 2025
Part of a team engineering an application that connects with smart home security devices (cameras, doorbells). Implemented backend services in Node.js with a React frontend to enable real-time data flow and system control.
Computer Science Professor at EFREI
September 1, 2020 - January 1, 2025
Lectured Advanced OO programming using Java to French university students on exchange in Toronto. Designed and created lecture materials and course content, delivering engaging lectures applying advanced programming concepts to real-world problems. Managed the course via Moodle LMS.
Artificial Intelligence Instructional Designer / Curriculum Developer at EFREI
December 1, 2023 - June 1, 2024
Developed and designed comprehensive AI courses focusing on machine learning, deep learning, NLP and leveraging AI in programming. Collaborated with subject matter experts to design engaging instructional materials for E-Learning platforms and Learning Management Systems. Used Python and R; leveraged cloud services like AWS and Google Cloud to enhance course content.
Computer Programming Instructor - Team Lead at Georgia College x ILAC
August 1, 2022 - January 1, 2025
Taught Computer Programming courses to diverse classes of 40-50 students. Students learned Web Interface design with HTML/CSS, OO programming with Java, documentation automation and scripting.
Instructor / Designer at Queen's College
August 1, 2020 - August 1, 2024
Designed and taught Advanced Python, AI and Big Data courses to large cohorts of diverse adult learners, mostly graduate students. Regularly used MongoDB, MySQL, Hadoop, NumPy, Matplotlib, Pandas, REST APIs, Django, AWS, and Google Cloud. Focused on relational vs non-relational data, data pipelines, and scalable algorithms.
Smart Contract Developer at Contracted
February 1, 2021 - August 1, 2021
Developed multiple smart contracts on the Binance Smart Chain mainnet serving various purposes; most notable work included a popular contract with tokenomics features. Worked with blockchain tooling and smart contract development.
High School Teacher at Newton Academy
September 1, 2020 - June 1, 2021
Taught grades 10-12 math, physics and computer science to a diverse student body. Created own curriculum, assessments and graded; aligned with ministry guidelines; grades documented on official high school transcript.
Angular Software Developer at Ciena
January 1, 2019 - August 1, 2019
Designed and implemented scalable architecture; built web interfaces with REST; implemented data model parsers; visualized large data with Chart.js.
Front-end App Designer at Weav
August 1, 2017 - July 1, 2018
Developed front-end UI using React; implemented responsive CSS/HTML; contributed to ride-sharing app UI with a focus on usability and accessibility.
High School Teacher at Alathena Academy
September 1, 2017 - June 1, 2018
Taught grade 10-12 math, physics and computer science; authored curriculum and assessments; grades recorded on high school transcript.
Research Assistant at University of Toronto - Computational Linguistics
November 1, 2016 - January 1, 2017
Worked in the computational linguistics faculty focusing on automatic acquisition of linguistic knowledge from large text corpora using machine learning approaches.
Software Engineering Instructor / Instructional Designer at TripleTen
July 1, 2015 - Present
Led delivery of a six-month MERN-stack software engineering program, focusing on data structures, algorithms, and the role of AI in programming. Managed two cohorts concurrently and optimized curriculum content and delivery to move beginners into experienced MERN developers, with students maintaining GitHub portfolios.
Computer Programming Instructor - Team Lead at Georgian College x ILAC
August 1, 2022 - January 1, 2025
Taught computer programming to 40–50 students per class. Collaborated with subject-matter experts to create engaging instructional materials for E-Learning platforms; emphasized Python, Java, HTML/CSS, and Arduino programming.
Lecturer - Advanced OO Programming using Java at EFREI
September 1, 2024 - January 1, 2025
Designed and delivered lectures in advanced object-oriented programming (Java) to French university students on exchange in Toronto; created course materials and delivered engaging lessons.
Data Science Instructor at Queen's College
August 1, 2022 - August 1, 2024
Designed and taught advanced Python, AI, and Big Data courses to diverse adult learners (mostly graduate students); covered relational vs non-relational data, big data libraries, and industry-aligned algorithms.
Computer Programming Instructor at Braemar College x ILAC
January 1, 2025 - July 1, 2025
Created course materials and delivered programming content including web interfaces (HTML/CSS), OO programming (Java), Python scripting, and Arduino programming in C++; supported LMS content delivery.
Front End App Designer at Weav
August 1, 2017 - July 1, 2018
Implemented front-end interfaces using React, set up REST endpoints, created data parsers, and presented data visually with charts; contributed to UI/UX improvements.
Senior Software Engineer at Canada Systems
January 1, 2019 - Present
Architected and shipped a full-stack IoT smart home platform (Node.js, React, PostgreSQL) sustaining 500+ concurrent WebSocket device connections with sub-200ms latency. Designed event-driven microservices on AWS (ECS, SQS, Lambda) with Docker containerization, reducing deployment cycles from days to under 15 minutes via GitHub Actions CI/CD. Built real-time device telemetry dashboards with server-sent events and Redis pub/sub, cutting incident response time by 40%. Implemented role-based access control, JWT authentication, and OAuth 2.0 integration across the platform API layer. Led migration from monolithic Express server to a distributed service mesh, improving horizontal scalability and fault isolation.
Software Engineering Instructor at TripleT
January 1, 2025 - Present
Deliver production-grade MERN stack curriculum (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js) across 2 cohorts with 90%+ completion rates. Integrate AI-assisted development workflows (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Gemini) into project-based learning, teaching students to ship full-stack apps with modern tooling. Design hands-on capstone projects covering REST API design, authentication middleware, state management, and cloud deployment on Vercel/Railway.
AI & Computer Science Instructional Designer at EFREI Paris
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2024
Authored end-to-end AI/ML curriculum (supervised/unsupervised learning, CNNs, transformers, NLP pipelines, LLM fine-tuning) for 500+ engineering students. Built and deployed production lab environments on AWS SageMaker with auto-scaling GPU instances for model training and evaluation. Created assessment pipelines using Jupyter notebooks with automated grading for regression, classification, and NLP tasks.
CS Instructor, Team Lead at Georgian College x ILAC
January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2025
Led a 4-person instructor team delivering web development (HTML/CSS/JS, React), OOP (Java), Python, and embedded systems (Arduino/C++) to 300+ students across multiple cohorts. Standardized curriculum delivery, code review practices, and grading rubrics, improving cross-cohort consistency.
Smart Contract Developer at Contract Engineered
January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Engineered Solidity smart contracts for the Bonfire token on Binance Smart Chain, reaching $700M market cap at peak with 500K+ holders. Implemented tokenomics logic (reflection rewards, auto-liquidity, burn mechanics) and passed third-party security audits with zero critical vulnerabilities.
Front-End Developer at Weav (UofT Hatchery Startup)
January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2018
Developed the React SPA for a ride-sharing platform (React Router, Redux, Google Maps API) that secured $100K+ in seed funding from the UofT Hatchery accelerator.

Education

Bachelor of Science (Computer Science, Mathematics and Statistics) at University of Toronto
January 11, 2030 - March 12, 2026
Bachelor of Science (Computer Science, Mathematics and Statistics) at University of Toronto
January 11, 2030 - March 12, 2026
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science at University of Toronto
January 11, 2030 - March 31, 2026

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