Alex Montague
Senior Software Engineer at Shopify
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Montague is a Senior Software Engineer with eight years of full‑stack experience, currently building scalable product experiences at Shopify after progressing from frontend and web roles within the company. He brings a strong blend of frontend (React/Redux, Angular, D3) and backend (Node/Express/Koa, Python, Go, PostgreSQL, Mongo) expertise, proven by work on high-growth startups and Fortune 50 integrations. Alex has a history of shipping impactful systems—implementing scalable Redis tooling, Kafka integrations, and internal developer-facing automation—that reduce operational friction. A longtime tinkerer who started by modding video games, he pairs hands-on curiosity with disciplined engineering practices and a commitment to continuous learning. Based in Toronto and trained in software engineering at the University of Guelph, he also contributes technical writing and project highlights on his personal site.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Computing, Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Computing, Computer Software Engineering at University of Guelph
French
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Github Skills (84)
aws-s310
aws-apigateway10
aws-amplify10
cli10
shopify10
typescript10
vscode-extension10
oclif10
aws-mobile10
javascript9
figma-plugin9
cloud-services9
amazon-cognito9
component-library9
react-native9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
alexanderMontague/wealthsimple-trade
Feb 2020 - Aug 2023
WIP
Contributions:44 PRs, 78 pushes, 19 branches in 3 years 5 months
wip
alexanderMontague/CryptoWatch
Jul 2018 - Feb 2020
All in one cryptocurrency tracker and portfolio application
Contributions:177 commits, 2 PRs, 151 pushes in 1 year 7 months
cryptocurrency
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