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JED BREWER

JED BREWER

PRINCIPAL ENGINEER/ SOFTWARE ARCHITECT
New Westminster,BC

Summary

Goal-driven Principal Engineer and Architect adept at planning and operations management. Skilled in technical research, computational optimization, data science and machine learning.

Effective leader and communicator, driven to establishing lean standards that allow teams to perform at their best.

Adept at constructing software architecture suited to rapid platform-agnostic development and allowing for evolving integration needs. Particular focus on data science and user interface applications.

Ready for new professional challenges and willing to take on dynamic responsibilities.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
16
16
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Principal Engineer - Integration Development Lead

Ignite Tournaments
Panama Citty, Panamá
10.2021 - 02.2023
  • Led research and integration development for E-Sports infrastructure
  • Role consisted of overlap of Architect and Solver Staff Engineer archetypes
  • Oversaw and evaluated research spikes for implementation and integration of new functionality
  • Managed overall architecture related to cross-component integration and ensuring ease of iterative extensibility
  • Oversaw infrastructure testing and network optimization
  • Project lead on admin and user conflict resolution infrastructure
  • Theoretical advisor for blockchain team
  • Reviewed plans, documents and related materials to assess projected actions and advise on changes.
  • Initiated workshops focused on project management strategies, inter-department communication, and effective documentation

Co-Founder/CTO

Datapp Software Inc, Stockt App
Vancouver, BC
04.2020 - 05.2021

Startup focusing on the development of tools and apps to provide intuitive accessibility and lower barriers of use in widespread applications of data science.

  • Developed Slate web app framework language (transpiles to TS and WASM) - in development
  • Optimized DOM features such as memory sharing in duplicated elements
  • Developed Dashi, Slate-based framework for Data Exploration UIs - in development
  • Developed Flutter test driver framework for testing remote service component integration
  • Developed Stockt (soon to be released restaurant operations and food waste management app)
  • Wrote and maintained unit, integration, and widget testing.
  • Managed overall technical infrastructure.

Director of Data Systems

Answer Intelligence
Vancouver, BC
07.2018 - 03.2020

Consulting firm specializing in applications of AI to Finance, Healthcare, and Real Estate sectors with agnostic data integration architecture and development of next-gen data UIs for exploration and presentation.

  • Managed data science team of 3
  • Led architecture and development of internal data management engine and framework
  • Led architecture and development of React/MUI-based data exploration framework coupled to internal data and analytics engine API

Development Lead/Architect

Lovelace Labs
Vancouver, BC
08.2018 - 11.2018

Startup focused on alternative DLT infrastructure for next-gen decentralized transaction networks.

  • Team management of Fluency project
  • Oversaw research and development of network topology architecture
  • Developed scalable consensus mechanisms for decentralized transaction system

Principal

Sentient Business Intelligence, Inc
Vancouver, BC
03.2016 - 07.2018

Consultancy focused on Data Science and Distributed Architecture Solutions.

  • Restructured legacy systems to modern architectures.
  • Handled design and implementation of data science frameworks for management and optimization of internal operations.
  • Provided custom data analysis and visualization for Vancouver real estate markets.

Co-founder/Innovation Director

Somatic Technologies, Inc
Vancouver, BC
03.2015 - 02.2016

Neuroanalytics startup focusing on the open source and private utilization of Brain Computer Interface technologies.

  • Developed software suites for analysis of high-dimensional neural data for both internal (research) and external (consumer) use.

Data Scientist

Landcor Data Corporation
New Westminster, BC
06.2010 - 03.2016

Real Estate Analytics firm specializing in Valuation Modelling of the BC Market.

  • Restructured data architecture, dev of custom data integration toolkits.
  • Algorithm and valuation modelling design.
  • Built out modular software architecture for rapid custom algorithm deployment and data exploration.
  • Developed internal use API’s for facilitating data integration.
  • Risk assessment and fraud detection modelling.
  • GIS, computational geometry software development.

Education

M.Sc. - Interdisciplinary Studies

University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC
09.2008 - 05.2013

B.Sc. - Physics

University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC
09.2004 - 05.2008

B.Sc. - Mathematics

Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, BC
09.1996 - 05.2004

Skills

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Timeline

Principal Engineer - Integration Development Lead

Ignite Tournaments
10.2021 - 02.2023

Co-Founder/CTO

Datapp Software Inc, Stockt App
04.2020 - 05.2021

Development Lead/Architect

Lovelace Labs
08.2018 - 11.2018

Director of Data Systems

Answer Intelligence
07.2018 - 03.2020

Principal

Sentient Business Intelligence, Inc
03.2016 - 07.2018

Co-founder/Innovation Director

Somatic Technologies, Inc
03.2015 - 02.2016

Data Scientist

Landcor Data Corporation
06.2010 - 03.2016

M.Sc. - Interdisciplinary Studies

University of British Columbia
09.2008 - 05.2013

B.Sc. - Physics

University of British Columbia
09.2004 - 05.2008

B.Sc. - Mathematics

Simon Fraser University
09.1996 - 05.2004

Role Specific Skills

  • Thrive in environments focusing on innovation and challenging the status quo
  • Experienced in best practices and standards to eliminate systematic confusion and communication blockers
  • Strong mentorship skills and experience organizing educational workshops for development teams
  • Experience holding regular seminars with team leads to actively improve operational strategies and communication


  • 20+ years of academic/industry experience in machine learning, data science, and low-level computational mathematics
  • 13 years of experience in database architecture
  • 12 years of experience in software architecture
  • 5 years of experience in development operations management
  • 5 years of experience as development lead/management
  • 5 years of experience in API design and development
  • 5 years of experience establishing standards for streamlining automated testing
JED BREWERPRINCIPAL ENGINEER/ SOFTWARE ARCHITECT