Summary
Derek Chan is an analyst and software engineer with eight years of experience blending hands-on development and operational rigor, based in Markham, Ontario. He is proficient across Windows and Linux environments and fluent in Python, Java, C++, SQL, and automation tools like Selenium, Postman and Git. Derek has a track record of modernizing processes—driving a 70% accuracy improvement in settlements and building automation that cut manual fintech testing by 20%. He has delivered full-stack projects on GCP and Docker and turned analytics and scripting into practical SOPs that reduced transaction loss and met SLA targets. Comfortable working cross-functionally, he combines technical delivery with stakeholder-facing analysis from CRM migrations to financial pro forma evaluations. Outside core duties he routinely translates business requirements into Python/VBA solutions, revealing a knack for pragmatic automation that scales human workflows.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
George Brown College
Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering at Seneca College