Richard Rance
Engineering Lead External APIs Integration Infrastructure
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Top SchoolRichard Rance is an Engineering Lead specializing in External APIs and Integration Infrastructure with nine years of experience, currently leading API design and delivery at Vendasta. He architects and implements gRPC, REST (JSON:API), event-driven systems and OAuth2 SSO while supporting multiple teams in backlog grooming, design reviews, and feature delivery. His background in professional services and as a product owner for benefits/payroll systems gives him a customer-focused lens and a strong emphasis on data integrity, auditability, and compliance when building integrations. Based in Saskatoon, he combines hands-on engineering with cross-team mentorship to bridge platform capabilities and partner-facing implementations.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Computer System Technology with Distinction, Software Development, Computer System Technology with Distinction, Software Development at Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology - Kelsey CampusAberdeen Composite School
Github Skills (108)
converting10
specification10
open-api10
api10
json-api10
bootswatch10
validation9
openapi39
cadence9
specs9
golang9
logic9
json-schema9
service-bus9
swagger9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
vendasta/api-gateway-docs
Sep 2020 - Feb 2023
A place to play around with open API specs
Contributions:270 reviews, 303 commits, 45 PRs in 2 years 5 months
placeapispecsapi-specsplace-to-play
vendasta/api2go
Oct 2020 - Dec 2023
JSONAPI.org Implementation for Go
Contributions:3 reviews, 10 PRs, 8 pushes in 3 years 2 months
golangjsonapiapirest-apijson
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