Cam Gorrie
Principal Engineer at Float
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolCam Gorrie is a Principal Engineer based in Toronto with 14 years of experience building and scaling web and data-driven systems across startups and established platforms. He has progressed from early developer and CTO roles to senior and principal engineering positions at companies like Top Hat, Snowflake, and Float, blending hands-on architecture with people leadership and mentorship. Known for tackling ill-defined problems—such as metadata linkage and search optimization—he brings strong product sensibility alongside operational engineering discipline. A former mentor at Lighthouse Labs and long-time contributor to team growth, he pairs technical depth with a knack for making complex systems more maintainable and reliable. Cam’s background in AI and computer science from the University of Toronto adds an analytical lens to his pragmatic engineering approach.
14 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Computer Science Latin American Studies, BSc Computer Science Latin American Studies at University of Toronto - Innis CollegeBachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Artificial Intelligence, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Artificial Intelligence at University of Toronto
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Github Skills (172)
postgresql10
windows10
authentication10
3d10
schema10
mount10
linux10
dotenv10
api10
jwt10
database10
postgresql-database10
java10
psql10
android10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
sastraxi/great-bear-postgraphile
Feb 2019 - Oct 2019
Implementation of the Great Bear backend using Graphile (aka postgraphile aka postgraphql)
Contributions:75 commits, 1 PR, 51 pushes in 7 months
postgraphqlbackendgreatpostgraphilegraphql
sastraxi/great-bear-hasura
Feb 2019 - Oct 2019
A food delivery API example using Hasura
Contributions:71 commits, 5 PRs, 51 pushes in 8 months
apifood-deliveryfood-delivery-apihasuradelivery-api
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