David Hobson
Software Developer at Float
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolDavid Hobson is a full-stack software developer with nine years of hands-on experience building polished user interfaces and the backend systems that power them. Based in Old Toronto, he has shipped e-commerce and consumer-facing products across roles at CommerceBear, dbrand, Nautical Commerce, and now Float, often bridging design intent with robust server-side logic. Comfortable iterating on front-end UX and diving into APIs and integrations, he’s delivered features that help merchants sell on platforms like Wayfair and Amazon. His background in software engineering from McMaster and early work in web/IT coordination give him both academic grounding and practical product sense. Known for pairing attention to visual detail with pragmatic backend solutions, he brings a user-first mindset to full-stack challenges. Outside of work he has led adventurous, team-oriented activities early in his career, hinting at strong leadership and risk-management skills.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE Software Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Software Engineering at McMaster University
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Github Skills (29)
frank9
azure6
game-development6
sql-server6
ram6
azure-sql-database6
network-monitoring6
virtual-machine6
python6
azure-virtual-machine6
python-idle6
javascript6
svelte5
game-engine5
web-development4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
David-Hobson/project-nebula
Sep 2018 - Apr 2019
Game design project for 4GP6 with Karnvir, Jerry, Frank, Connor, and David
Contributions:80 commits, 25 PRs, 72 pushes in 7 months
game-designgamegamedevconnorgame-development
David-Hobson/react-projects
Apr 2020 - Jun 2020
Projects that helped me learn React.
Contributions:2 PRs, 74 pushes, 2 branches in 2 months
reactjsjavascriptreactlearn-react
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