full-stack software engineer

Building software that solves real problems.

I design and maintain production applications, backend services, data pipelines, and responsive interfaces that make complex operational work easier.

Comfortable across the full stack.

Software engineer with 7+ years of experience building production data-intensive applications, asynchronous processing architectures, backend systems, data workflows, and responsive web applications.

Experience spans government, startup, and academic research environments. Fully bilingual in English and French.

Selected work

Professional / Public Context CRTC

SRC / Spam Reporting Centre

Production Django application for ingesting, enriching, classifying, storing, and searching millions of structured and unstructured reports.

Role
backend development, data workflows, reliability, stakeholder features
Scope
internal production system, public program context only
public context
  • Django
  • RabbitMQ
  • Celery
  • PostgreSQL
Professional / Business Analytics ESDC

ArcGIS Analytics Applications

ESDC mapping project focused on ArcGIS application development, automation, and cloud migration initiatives.

Role
application maintenance, analytics support, cloud migration contributions
Scope
professional work without public code or live demo
related experience
  • ArcGIS
  • Azure
  • Automation
  • SQL
Personal / Live Site Open

INCA Trail Guide

Public web guide project for presenting Inca Trail information in a focused, readable interface.

  • Web
  • Cloudflare Pages
  • Guide

Tools

Professional Experience

Feb 2021 - Jun 2021 Mar 2022 - Present

Full-Stack Software Developer | CRTC

Developed and maintained a production Django application responsible for processing millions of spam reports. Built asynchronous RabbitMQ and Celery data pipelines, backend services, SQL structures, Elasticsearch indexes, and operational workflows for high-volume analysis.

2026 Consulting

Technical Consultant | McGill Psychedelics and Contemplation Lab

Volunteer technical consulting for a multidisciplinary research lab studying non-ordinary states of consciousness, contemplative practices, and novel clinical interventions.

lab page
Jul 2021 - Feb 2022 Government

Programmer Analyst, Application Development | ESDC

Developed and maintained data-driven ArcGIS applications for business analytics teams. Contributed to cloud migration initiatives and process automation.

Oct 2018 - Nov 2019 Startup

Software and Hardware Engineer | CCX Technologies

Developed frontend features, backend functionality, testing infrastructure, and internal tools supporting cybersecurity and networking product development.

2014 - 2016 Research

Research Assistant | University of Ottawa SUNLAB

Built lab tools, maintained a solar tracking test site, analyzed a five-year solar radiation database, contributed to a published paper, and presented findings at Photonics North 2016.

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