Senior Developer at Insight
July 2019 - Present

Senior Developer at Gorilla Group
Aug 2017 - Jun 2019

• Developed Hybris implementations from the creation phase all the way to launch for projects such as Mercedes Benz Canada and Benjamin Moore’s & Co.
• Setup and implemented content search using Apache Nutch to index the pages crawled to Solr
• Facilitated monthly meetings with developers along with providing annual performance reviews through the role of a people’s manager
• Prioritized tasks, delegated work, manage pull requests and facilitated code reviews
• Automated the setup of developer environment for linux/OSX using bashrc and added useful aliases to remove the need for repetitive commands
• Effectively managed to deliver tech designs and functional specifications by breaking down the tasks and delegating the work to the development team
• Collaborated with the project manager and technical architect to plan sprints
• Developed RESTful Web service implementations for the access and modifications of users, storefront pages, products, orders, and the Hybris OCC module
• Implemented end to end solutions with scalability, performance, and optimization in mind
• Optimized and refactored the Benjamin Moore’s Corporation B2B site, increasing the page load times from over 10 seconds to under 1
• Some experience with Adobe Experience Manager and the Magento platform

Intermediate Developer at Publicis Sapient
Apr 2016 - Aug 2017

Enhanced a multiphase eCommerce platform for one of the biggest grocery retailers in Canada, Loblaw Digital. Develop scalable solutions with emphasis on the core features surrounding the user’s browsing experience in an agile environment. Improved various features such as the data feed ingestion, search service, checkout pages and site navigation using the Spring framework.

• Implemented the integration layer for the Flipp API populating flyer data across 9 different grocery chains
• Automated a scalable solution for the manual ingestion of product data, reducing the manual processing time from 3 hours to a scheduled job completing in 20 minutes for over 500 stores
• Implemented and updated unit test using jUnit and Mockito framework
• Utilized the Spring framework to develop components within Hybris
• Actively participated in peer code reviews to promote self-learning and improve overall code quality
• Contributed wiki documents to enhance the knowledge base and provide clear communication within the company
• Utilized the singleton, dependency injection and façade design patterns

Solutions Engineer at Thinkwrap Commerce
Jul 2013 - Apr 2016

• Wrote maintainable and extensible code within a group environment
• Managed/maintained large-scale production environments
• Wrote complex ad hoc queries for data analysis and troubleshooting purposes
• Established, implemented and documented procedures/principles in the company's Wiki
• Implemented Cron jobs & scripts to Production environments from standardizing and maintaining folder structures to automated processes/processing
• Maintained consistent communication with business stakeholders through incidents and problems
• Diffused client problems through effective listening skills, positive actions and information gathering while providing 24/7 technical and application support for core business applications
• Analyzed, diagnosed and resolved application issues utilizing logs, database queries, thread dumps, monitoring tools, server configurations and other techniques
• Collaborated and partnered with Development and Infrastructure partners to improve release management, environment management, and production operations practices
• Strong facilitation, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills
• Strong practical Linux and Windows-based systems administration skills within a cloud or virtualized environment

Recreational Gymnastics Coach at Ottawa Gymnastics Centre
Jul 2008 - Sept 2012

• Experienced working with both children and adults at various ages. Taught novice to advanced skills on every events and apparatus
• Coached a group of pre-competitive boys and created routines for the individual athletes
• Proficient at spotting level 2 skills i.e. Front tucks & back tucks, running or standing