Valentin Prugnaud
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolValentin Prugnaud is a Senior Software Developer and founder with 11 years of experience designing developer platforms, internal tools, and scalable web applications from startup to enterprise scale. He led TELUS’s infrastructure modernization, automating migration of 250+ apps to GKE and turning deployment into a self-service capability that cut deploy times from hours to under an hour. As a two-time founder and former CTO he’s built full-stack products (Nuxt, Nest, GraphQL) and played the hands-on role from architecture to hiring, learning to prioritize sustainable systems over one-off fixes. His background spans performance-driven front-end work and deep platform reliability—shipping site-wide optimizations and running mission-critical e-commerce and A/B testing platforms with 99.9%+ uptime. An active open-source contributor, he’s improved editor UX and upgraded build and auth stacks in projects like canvas, demonstrating comfort across CSS, backend upgrades and CI tooling. Based in Vancouver and a Techstars Boston alum, he combines product-minded engineering with a knack for turning infrastructure into force-multiplying developer platforms.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science at Haute Ecole 'Léonard de Vinci', BruxellesHigh School, Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management, High School, Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management at Saint Paul Bourdon Blanc High SchoolBachelor's Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science at Université libre de BruxellesCertification Level 2, Web Developer, Certification Level 2, Web Developer at Ecole MultimédiaAccounting, Accounting at Lycée Jean Zay
English, French, Portuguese
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Github Skills (21)
laravel-mix10
css10
laravel10
sc10
scs10
blogger9
javascript9
php9
blogspot9
blogpost9
html8
canvas8
publish8
markdown7
user-authentication7
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
austintoddj/canvas
Aug 2016 - Jan 2019
Publishing on your own terms
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:16 commits, 6 PRs, 24 comments in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Valentin contributed to the Canvas project by modifying both frontend and backend code. They implemented a markdown guide modal for the editor and improved asset compilation, indicating work on the user interface and build process. Further, they refactored CSS and converted LESS to SCSS, suggesting responsibilities spanning styling, theming, and potentially build configuration. Finally, they finished a Laravel 5.3 upgrade and addressed authentication-related features.
cmspublishingcanvasphppublishing-platform
WhatDaArchives/Harbor
Nov 2018 - Dec 2019
Command-line tool to dockerize Laravel.
Contributions:39 commits, 2 PRs, 23 pushes in 1 year 1 month
command-line-toollaraveldockerdocker-compose-template
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