Benoit J
Software Engineer at Bell Canada
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Summary
👤
Senior🎓
Top SchoolBenoit J is a software engineer in Ottawa with nine years of experience building mobile and web applications, and a strong interest in memory-safe languages like Rust. He combines backend and frontend mobile expertise—evidenced by iOS work on a popular VisionCamera barcode scanner where he implemented rich data-type parsing and MLKit integration—with broad web development skills. A proactive open-source contributor, he routinely publishes personal projects and Rust programs on GitHub and his portfolio. His practical leadership stems from three years leading robotics software teams at the University of Ottawa, alongside academic honors such as the Chancellor's Scholarship and Governor General's Academic Medal. Colleagues value him for translating research-grade curiosity about systems into reliable, production-ready features.
9 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Applied Science, Bachelor of Applied Science at University of Ottawa
French, English, Spanish
Github Skills (5)
bar-code10
swift10
ios10
barcode-scanner10
ml10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
rodgomesc/vision-camera-code-scanner
Oct 2021 - Oct 2021
VisionCamera Frame Processor Plugin to read barcodes using MLKit Vision QrCode Scanning
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:11 commits, 1 PR, 2 comments in 11 days
Contributions summary:Benoit primarily focused on adding comprehensive support for various data types within the QR code scanning functionality of the iOS application. They implemented conversion methods to map different barcode data types like URLs, WiFi details, contact information, and calendar events to a structured format. Additionally, the user made significant contributions to the core scanning logic, including modifications to handle different barcode types and integrate the MLKit library for scanning. Furthermore, they added specific MLKit types to support new data types.
qrcodebarcodesbarcode-scannerframevision
SukhsimranpreetSekhon/I-Talent
Oct 2020 - Dec 2020
An improved directory and employee search tool
Contributions:29 commits in 1 month
ltsimprovedsearch-toolsearch-engineemployee-search
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.