Brendan Little
Full-Stack Software Engineer
Education
Brendan Little
Lighthouse Labs Web Development Bootcamp
University of British Columbia
BSc Food Nutrition and Health, Resource Economics
Summary

Brendan is a pragmatic programmer who enjoys collaborating cross-functionality and with other engineers to find the best solution for the team and business.  He find joy working across the full stack, from optimizing backend performance to perfecting user experience. He believes being a good programmer is as much about enabling teammates through clean code, documentation, and communication as it is about the solutions themselves.

Skills
Ruby on Rails, Javascript, Typescript, Kotlin, GraphQL, React.js, Next.js, gRPC, PostgreSQL
Employment
Mobilecoin - Private and Secure Payments Application
Backend Software Engineer
Jan. 2022 to Apr. 2023

- Built out from scratch a scaleable Kotlin gRPC API for our secure mobile crypto payments app with a small team to support early growth
- Integrated on and off ramps using Wyre to allow users to move freely between our app and traditional banking rails
- Built out and tested API authentication and verification flows using Twilio to a create a simple flow that still generated high quality users
- Worked with mobile developers to create secure Payment Intent feature that preserved the privacy of the payment graph as much as possible
- Collaborated on and implemented database designs to ensure maximum security and privacy for users

- Developed 2 iterations of an internal admin tool as business needs changed (Rails Admin -> React Admin)
- Won company internal hackathon with team that developed a private Payment Requests feature

MeUndies - Fashion E-Commerce
Full-Stack Software Engineer
Aug. 2018 to Dec. 2021

- Collaborated with design to develop a flexible, custom, on-brand UI kit/design system with React, Storybook, and Styled Components
- Separated our front-end out to a Next.js front-end SPA, communicating with a headless CMS and our E-Commerce back-end via GraphQL.

- Worked with Product to develop and run experiments, monitor how they improve key metrics, and then use the results to flesh out and develop production-ready features

- Maintained our e-commerce monolith, working full-stack through to heavily customized Ruby on Rails Solidus e-commerce backend and postgreSQL

- Undertook a thorough ADA audit that dramatically improved site accessibility

Pristine Labour - Employee Management Application
Lead Software Engineer
Sept. 2017 to Aug. 2018

- Architected and built out a comprehensive employee management application with admin and employee interfaces using a Ruby on Rails API and React.js SPA
- Fully consolidated all business processes and operations from a wide range of manual tools to a single custom application
- Hired and mentored junior developer to maintain the application

- Automated employee scheduling, safety visit scheduling, schedule reminders via various mediums, payroll, and more

- Iterated development quickly through constant communication with the client and as the business' needs changed

Strutta - Online Competitions Platform
Full-Stack Developer
Mar. 2016 to Sept. 2017

- Developed and maintained 2 Ruby on Rails REST APIs to support various online competitions

- Developed WYSIWYG  competition site builder in Ember.js

- Maintained and developed a React.js front-end client admin portal

JustGreet - Custom Artisan Card Delivery System
Full-Stack Web Developer
Nov. 2015 to Sept. 2016

- Developed e-commerce features on a Node.js and Backbone.js application
- Took it upon myself to convert the application to Shopify to better suit the business's standard e-commerce needs.

Coding Bull - Dev Shop
Full-Stack Web Developer
Apr. 2015 to Mar. 2016

- Led a small front-end team to implement responsive designs using React.js, creating smooth and intuitive user experiences in a timely fashion. 

- Helped build features all the way through our Ruby on Rails backends for a seamless experience