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I am a Technical Lead with strong experience in data structure design, RESTful API design and implementation, and agile processes. I have a passion for improving software performance and scalability. I am a hard worker and a team player.
I aim to contribute to the growth of the company’s team and services while continuing self-improvement. I am motivated to progress toward Technical Lead or Software Manager roles.
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Work Experience
Backend Sr Developer at Locke Bio
December 1, 2024 - PresentJoined to develop an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) backend from the ground up using NestJS and PostgreSQL. Rebuilt an existing non-EMR platform for another team as a TypeScript NestJS service. Built a scalable, type-safe RESTful API with NestJS, PostgreSQL, CASL, and Zod. Designed and integrated Zoom for clinician–patient communication. Reduced AWS costs by over 30%. Mentored the backend team on NestJS usage and maintainable code practices.
Technical Lead at Staples
February 1, 2023 - December 1, 2024Led two cross-functional teams (~10 developers), owning architecture, delivery, and technical decisions for critical customer-facing systems on a Shopify + Contentful e-commerce platform. Drove modernization (Node.js upgrade, Webpack replaced with Vite), improved build performance and developer experience. Architected and rebuilt a scalable Search API with Algolia and NestJS; contributed to SEO, payments, and product processing; stabilized production during high-traffic incidents; proactively resolved GraphQL issues; improved sitemap reliability and cross-team collaboration with Shopify, Contentful, GraphQL, Splunk, Azure, and Datadog.
Backend Engineer (Consultant) at Build Flow Ltd.
October 1, 2018 - PresentBackend Engineer consultant building modern Node.js RESTful API, CI/CD pipeline, secret management, and dockerized production/staging environments. Introduced TypeScript, redesigned routes for predictable REST services, reduced infrastructure costs using Render and Doppler, centralized access controls with CASL, mentored team members, and improved observability with custom Winston-based validators. Created an SDK for a proprietary payment service and automated API code scaffolding and CI/CD tooling; designed a push notification system with Pusher or Redis streams and SSE; enabled cross-service communication with RabbitMQ and managed a Turborepo monorepo.
Software Developer at The Globe and Mail
June 1, 2021 - May 1, 2022Maintained authentication and subscription projects, supported migration from vanilla JS to React, patched security risks, and implemented AWS Cognito-based auth features. Created an internal NPM package to centralize Cognito code for reuse, applied KPI/metric tooling to the subscription frontend, led a high-visibility seasonal campaign rollout, and mentored junior developers while collaborating with Ops for reliability.
Full Stack Software Engineer II at Tulip
February 1, 2021 - June 1, 2021Implemented new cart and checkout features enabling specific discounts; operated autonomously in a fast-paced agency environment; identified issues and communicated with clients; integrated multiple APIs and navigated between Node.js and PHP.
Full Stack Software Developer at Critical Mass
July 1, 2019 - January 1, 2020Led feature development for coupons and checkout within an inherited PHP/Ruby on Rails codebase; led RoR knowledge transfer, designed mobile-friendly response formatting, and resolved production bugs including SQL inefficiencies to improve performance.
Full Stack Software Developer at 247 Labs
February 1, 2019 - June 1, 2019Implemented video subtitle feature using Google API services, translated text into multiple languages, and displayed captions within videos. Wrote and maintained feature documentation and collaborated with clients to align with business needs.
Full Stack Developer at TalentNet
December 1, 2016 - October 1, 2018Inherited a troubled EmberJS and Laravel codebase; maintained frontend and backend, contributed to Symfony3 migration, designed a multi-tenant solution with logically separated databases and Elasticsearch indices, authored Doctrine migrations, and expanded features.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Software Development at Seneca College
January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2021Certificate - Data Analytics Bootcamp at University of Toronto
January 1, 2019 - July 1, 2019Certificate – Coursera - Machine Learning development at Coursera
August 1, 2018 - October 1, 2018Advanced Diploma - Computer Programming and Analysis at Seneca College
May 1, 2013 - December 1, 2016Qualifications
Data Analytics Bootcamp Certificate
January 1, 2019 - July 1, 2019Machine Learning Courses
August 1, 2018 - October 1, 2018Industry Experience
Software & Internet, Healthcare, Retail, Professional Services
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