Summary
Luke Tao is a Senior Developer with 12 years of hands-on experience building and hardening backend systems for large Canadian retail platforms. He has a strong Java background—authoring REST and SOAP services, writing Mockito unit tests, and leading refactors to reduce technical debt—while also owning deployment plans and automation scripts that streamline releases. At Save-On-Foods he implemented SAML-based SSO integrated with an on-prem Forgerock IdP and contributed to e-commerce migration projects, signaling practical expertise at the intersection of identity, security, and customer-facing systems. Colleagues describe him as self-motivated, detail-oriented, and calm under tight deadlines, with a genuine appetite for learning new IAM and SSO technologies. Based in Langley, BC, he combines enterprise-grade reliability with a willingness to explore innovative approaches to improve user experience and security.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)