Summary
Caleigh Minshall is a senior software engineer based in Kelowna, BC, with 10 years of experience building low-latency multimedia systems and mobile SDKs using C++17, Java, Kotlin and Python. She’s driven significant customer-facing features for Interactive Video Service (now part of AWS) and has dug into libwebrtc, chipset-specific graphics issues, and rigorous automated testing for mobile clients. Her background includes open-source work on the Alexa AVS Device SDK and cross-platform contributions to iOS and web products, while she’s also learning Rust in her spare time. Before transitioning to engineering she led learning-strategy programs at Queen’s University, a background that informs her strengths in mentorship, coaching and inclusive team practices. The combination of deep systems-level C++ expertise and a humanities MA gives her a rare perspective on communication, documentation and developer experience.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
MA English literature, MA English literature at University of Victoria
Bachelor of Computer Science (BCS) Computer Science, Bachelor of Computer Science (BCS) Computer Science at The University of British Columbia
B.A. (Hons.) English literature, B.A. (Hons.) English literature at Queen's University