Summary
Andrew Freiday is a Staff Software Engineer with 14 years of experience building mission-critical web applications and ERP systems, currently driving engineering at Index Exchange from Newmarket, Ontario. He has deep full-stack expertise across PHP, Python, Java, C#, MySQL/SQL Server and cloud migrations, having modernized legacy services into Dockerized AWS architectures and integrated complex systems like inventory, logistics, CRM and analytics. Comfortable both leading teams and shipping code, he has held roles from hands-on developer to engineering lead and has repeatedly improved delivery through CI/CD, automated testing and process refinements. Notably, he led development of an embeddable quizzing platform that tied a dozen APIs together and collaborated with psychometricians to implement novel grading norms. Pragmatic and systems-minded, Andrew combines product-focused engineering with practical ops experience to turn evolving requirements into reliable, scalable solutions.
14 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
B.A., Information Technology, B.A., Information Technology at York University
B.Comp, Computer and Information Science, B.Comp, Computer and Information Science at University of Guelph