Hi, I'm Omar Himada, a Senior Software Engineer based in Mississauga, Canada, with a track record of delivering robust, scalable software across cloud, web, and mobile platforms. I've led cross-functional teams and built ML tooling that improves developer productivity and system reliability. I enjoy architecting solutions that balance performance with maintainability, exploring new technologies, and mentoring others to write clean code. When I'm not coding, I contribute to open-source projects, mentor engineers, and help customers transform ideas into production-grade software.

Omar Himada

Hi, I'm Omar Himada, a Senior Software Engineer based in Mississauga, Canada, with a track record of delivering robust, scalable software across cloud, web, and mobile platforms. I've led cross-functional teams and built ML tooling that improves developer productivity and system reliability. I enjoy architecting solutions that balance performance with maintainability, exploring new technologies, and mentoring others to write clean code. When I'm not coding, I contribute to open-source projects, mentor engineers, and help customers transform ideas into production-grade software.

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Hi, I’m Omar Himada, a Senior Software Engineer based in Mississauga, Canada, with a track record of delivering robust, scalable software across cloud, web, and mobile platforms. I’ve led cross-functional teams and built ML tooling that improves developer productivity and system reliability.

I enjoy architecting solutions that balance performance with maintainability, exploring new technologies, and mentoring others to write clean code. When I’m not coding, I contribute to open-source projects, mentor engineers, and help customers transform ideas into production-grade software.

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Language

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English
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Work Experience

Software Engineering Consultant at 2579177 Ontario Inc.
February 1, 2024 - Present
Senior Software Engineer (E5) at Meta
February 28, 2024 - July 14, 2025
Led the design and development of RL Code Authoring, a modular Java and C# analytics tracking library for developer productivity at RL organization. Developed and automated deployment processes for this solution.
Senior Software Engineer (E5) at Meta
June 30, 2023 - July 14, 2025
Team lead for ML Source Control and Ads ML Automation, including Proposal Repository, Quality and Authoring systems. Improved tooling for Machine Learning Engineers and Research Scientists, designed systems enhancing robustness and reliability of ML model verification, authoring, and orchestration. Led organization-wide improvements in performance, capacity and efficiency, significantly reducing build time, test time, power usage, and infrastructure cost.
SDE II (L5) at Amazon
March 31, 2022 - July 14, 2025
Designed and improved systems integrating device manufacturers with internal Amazon services for manufacturing data. Developed AWS Workforce Identity and ConsoleAuth components improving authentication for internal AWS teams.
Senior Software Developer at GEOTAB
September 30, 2021 - July 14, 2025
Developed back-end, highly scalable APIs using C#, .NET 5.0, and PostgreSQL for the Gateway platform.
Senior Software Developer at M&M Food Market
May 31, 2021 - July 14, 2025
Led full-stack development of eCommerce website, mobile app, and M&M Offer Engine (MOE). Managed API integrations with third parties, optimized performance for high COVID web traffic, and led AWS cloud infrastructure migrations to microservices.
Software Systems Analyst at Communications Security Establishment | Centre de la sécurité des télécommunications
April 30, 2021 - July 14, 2025
Senior Software Engineer at Omnigo
November 30, 2020 - July 14, 2025
Core full-stack engineer for iTrak, an Incident Reporting and Risk Management System. Responsibilities included legacy module migration, security vulnerability fixes, UI/UX enhancements, performance optimizations, architectural design, and Azure cloud migration (SaaS).
Software Developer at ASAPP Financial Technology Inc.
June 30, 2017 - July 14, 2025
Led full-stack development for ASAPP, an enterprise web application for Credit Unions' retail and business applications, including integration with DNA solutions from Fiserv.
Software Developer at ChannelAssist Inc
September 30, 2016 - July 14, 2025
Full-stack developer for new modules of SaaS web application used by clients like HP, ASUS, and Bayer using C# ASP.NET MVC, WebAPI, Entity Framework, JavaScript, jQuery.
Software Developer at Inovex Inc.
January 31, 2016 - July 14, 2025
Full-stack developer for web applications including York Region's Energy Management System and others, using C#, ASP.NET MVC, JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap, and Entity Framework.
Software Developer at CAA South Central Ontario
October 31, 2015 - July 14, 2025
Contracted part-time to complete a critical C# ASP.NET MVC project feature.
Software Developer at Sheridan Centre for Elder Research
April 30, 2015 - July 14, 2025
Contracted part-time to migrate a PHP project to C# ASP.NET MVC.
Software Developer at Bond Brand Loyalty
January 31, 2014 - July 14, 2025
Fixed bugs in large-scale ASP.NET projects gaining experience with WebForms, MVC, and MS SQL Server.
Software Engineering Consultant at 2579177 Ontario Inc.
February 1, 2024 - November 14, 2025
Software Engineering Consultant for personal clients via self-founded corporation; delivering bespoke software solutions and advisory services.
Senior Software Engineer (E5) at Meta
February 1, 2024 - February 1, 2024
RL Code Authoring - designed and led a project involving development and automated deployment of a modular Java and C# library used for analytics tracking and developer productivity across the RL organization.
Senior Software Engineer (E5) at Meta
June 1, 2023 - June 1, 2023
ML Source Control, Ads ML Automation - team lead for the Proposal Repository, Quality and Authoring systems; improved model delta verification, authoring experience, metadata submission and orchestration; led performance and efficiency improvements org-wide.
SDE II at Amazon
March 1, 2022 - March 1, 2022
Amazon Manufacturing Data Integration (AMDI) - designed, implemented and improved systems facilitating device manufacturers’ integration with internal Amazon services; ConsoleAuth prerequisites for AWS Workforce Identity.
Senior Software Developer at GEOTAB
September 1, 2021 - September 1, 2021
Gateway - back-end, highly scalable API development with C#, .NET 5.0 and PostgreSQL.
Senior Software Developer at M&M Food Market
May 1, 2021 - May 1, 2021
Lead/full-stack development with .NET Core, Elasticsearch, Redis, MS SQL Server, Dapper, EF Core, Xamarin, AWS; led eCommerce site, mobile app, MOE; API integrations with multiple partners; significant performance optimizations and AWS cloud migrations.
Software Systems Analyst at Communications Security Establishment | Centre de la sécurité des télécommunications
April 1, 2021 - April 1, 2021
Migration of legacy modules, fixing critical security vulnerabilities (OWASP/SANS), UI/UX enhancements, performance optimizations, architectural design and Azure cloud migration (SaaS).
Senior Software Engineer at Omnigo
November 1, 2020 - November 1, 2020
Remote core full-stack engineer for iTrak, an Incident Reporting and Risk Management System; migration of legacy modules, fixing security vulnerabilities, UI/UX enhancements, architectural design, and Azure cloud migration (SaaS).
Software Developer at ASAPP Financial Technology Inc.
June 1, 2017 - June 1, 2017
Lead, full-stack developer for ASAPP, an enterprise-scale web application for Credit Unions' retail & business applications, and administration; integration with DNA solutions from Fiserv.
Software Developer at ChannelAssist Inc
September 1, 2016 - September 1, 2016
Full-stack developer for new modules designed to extend an existing SaaS web application for an enterprise-scale platform used by HP, ASUS and Bayer; involved with C#, ASP.NET MVC, WebAPI, EF Core, JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap, and more.
Software Developer at Inovex Inc.
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2016
Full-stack developer for York Region's Energy Management System, Camp One Iron Rings replacement website, and larger projects like CAMH; used C#, ASP.NET MVC, JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap, EF, and related technologies.
Software Developer at CAA South Central Ontario
October 1, 2015 - October 1, 2015
Contracted to urgently complete an important feature for a C# ASP.NET MVC project.
Software Developer at Sheridan Centre for Elder Research
April 1, 2015 - April 1, 2015
Migrated a PHP project to C# ASP.NET MVC.
Software Developer at Bond Brand Loyalty
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2014
Fixed bugs on large-scale ASP.NET projects; gained experience with ASP.NET WebForms, ASP.NET MVC and MS SQL Server.

Education

Advanced Diploma at Sheridan College
January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2015
Bachelor of Science at University of Guelph
January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2013
Advanced Diploma at Sheridan College
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2015
Bachelor of Science (BS) at University of Guelph
January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2013

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Retail, Financial Services, Manufacturing, Government, Professional Services