Derek Braid
Senior Software Engineer at Shopify
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolDerek Braid is a Full Stack JavaScript developer with 12 years’ experience building and shipping web and mobile applications, currently contributing to Shopify and previously leading engineering at TRIMD.ca and Lift & Co. He specializes in Node, React (hooks), Next.js, and PostgreSQL/MongoDB, and brings hands-on DevOps experience running CI/CD and Ubuntu deployments. Derek pairs product-minded engineering with data visualization and research skills—wrangling large datasets into compelling dashboards—and has taught blockchain and mentored hundreds through volunteer work and popular YouTube tutorials. His background in medical science and financial planning gives him a cross-disciplinary lens for complex domains, and he’s been involved in building fintech-like experiences (Shopify Balance) and regulated eCommerce for Canadian cannabis retail.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Honours Bachelor Medical Science, Pharmacology and Medical Science, Honours Bachelor Medical Science, Pharmacology and Medical Science at Western UniversityPFP, Financial Planning and Services, PFP, Financial Planning and Services at CSI Global EducationWeb development, Web development at BitmakerOP
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
DeBraid/ncaa-hockey-scraper
Mar 2017 - Apr 2017
Contributions:168 commits, 80 pushes, 1 branch in 19 days
DeBraid/medicine
Apr 2015 - Feb 2017
Contributions:14 commits, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 10 months
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