THOMAS WHITE
Sarnia,Ontario
Summary
Software developer with over 7 years of experience in high-quality software development and 2 years of team leadership. Proven track record of delivering projects on time and within budget. Expertise in various programming languages and development methodologies. Strong problem-solving skills and ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Software Developer
Acuity Insights
, ON
01.2023 - Current
- Architected Datadog monitoring infrastructure with automated deployment pipelines, reducing support tickets by 21% through proactive error detection.
- Led platform modernization, including Node 20 Lambda upgrades and MongoDB 7 to 8 migration.
- Contributed to NestJS/React platform rewrite, enabling modular architecture for parallel team development.
- Developed seamless test platform integrations connecting backend systems to user testing experience.
- Served as subject matter expert for scoring logic, improving core evaluation algorithms.
Technical Lead
Mohawk College, MEDIC
, ON
02.2020 - 01.2023
- Identified areas of improvement for team's development processes, which included modernizing organization standards for Git practices, coding standards, and DevOps (CI/DC)
- Successfully worked with clients to develop requirements, features, and technical architecture
- Engaged with clients in design process to give them ability to make clear decisions early on and throughout SDLC of their app
- Mentored junior developers by conducting code reviews, performing lunch and learns on various topics, and participating in pair programming
- Led technical projects to ensure all developers had clear understanding of software architecture and scope, which ensured software was developed successfully, and on time
- Full stack development on different digital health projects using variety of technologies
Instructor - Frontend Web Development
Mohawk College
Hamilton, ON
09.2021 - 12.2022
- Taught on frontend web development course
- Covered topics such as responsive design, accessibility, ReactJS and React Native
- Applied various teaching aids to minimize learning gaps and instruct and motivate students.
Senior Full Stack Developer
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC
Toronto, ON
09.2018 - 01.2020
- Developed analytics and tracking code to improve business intelligence which allowed organization to increase user engagement
- Optimized CBC search code on backend using different metrics to return more accurate results, and on frontend making it easier for users to engage with content
- Ran A/B tests to improve existing features, and increase user engagement over 10%
- Consulted with DevOps team members to determine hosting strategy for upgraded CBC search service
Frontend Developer
Mohawk College, MEDIC
Hamilton, ON
09.2015 - 09.2018
- Teamed on user-centric design strategy in translation of UX and business requirements into coded solutions.
- Consumed secure APIs to pull and push data from frontend to backend
- Developed complex UI using responsive design fundamentals, and mobile first approach
- Designed and updated layouts to meet usability, accessibility (AODA) and performance requirements.
- Collaborated with designers to turn wireframes/mock-ups into code
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Computer Systems Technology: Software Development
Mohawk College
Hamilton12.2015
Skills
- JavaScript and TypeScript
- ES6 and React
- Responsive design and accessibility
- Nodejs / Express / NestJS
- Secure APIs and databases
- Docker and Kubernetes
- CI/CD and AWS Lambda
- SDLC ownership and mentoring
Timeline
Software Developer
Acuity Insights
01.2023 - Current
Instructor - Frontend Web Development
Mohawk College
09.2021 - 12.2022
Technical Lead
Mohawk College, MEDIC
02.2020 - 01.2023
Senior Full Stack Developer
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC
09.2018 - 01.2020
Frontend Developer
Mohawk College, MEDIC
09.2015 - 09.2018
Associate of Applied Science - Computer Systems Technology: Software Development
Mohawk College