Summary
Blake Mclachlin is a full-stack developer with eight years of experience designing and shipping web products from concept to production. Based in Calgary, he has progressed through roles at startups and established firms—most recently as a Full Stack Developer at KnowHow after engineering stints at Rokt, Silvacom, and Fillip. He brings practical front-end expertise together with backend systems work, having started his career in applied research and tutoring while completing a BSc in Computer Science with a Mathematics minor. Blake’s background shows a pattern of rapid adaptation to new domains and team contexts, moving between product-focused startups and larger engineering organizations. He tends to thrive on building end-to-end features and improving the developer experience, often bridging gaps between product needs and implementation details. Colleagues would describe him as a pragmatic engineer who pairs solid fundamentals with a curiosity for learning across the stack.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
BSc, Computer Science, Minor in Mathematics, BSc, Computer Science, Minor in Mathematics at The University of Lethbridge