Douglas Petla
Lead Software Engineer at OfficeSpace Software
Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolDouglas Petla is a Lead Software Engineer based in Canada with 9 years of experience specializing in React and TypeScript, focused on building scalable, performance-minded SaaS UIs. At OfficeSpace Software he led the creation of a reusable design system and modernized legacy front-ends with React and GraphQL, improving consistency, load times, and developer velocity. He champions frontend craftsmanship—accessibility, performance audits, and clean architecture—while mentoring engineers in testing and best practices. Prior roles span Angular and full-stack work in retail analytics and enterprise software, giving him a pragmatic view of product-driven engineering. Unusually for a senior frontend lead, he brings early-career operational and forestry engineering experience, which informs his systems-thinking and disciplined approach to planning and team coordination.
9 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Associate Degree, Computer Programming, Associate Degree, Computer Programming at Sheridan CollegePostgraduate Degree, Project Management, Postgraduate Degree, Project Management at FGV - Fundação Getulio VargasBachelor of Science - BS, Forest Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Forest Engineering at Universidade Federal do Paraná
Github Skills (15)
service-worker10
journaling10
journal10
firestore9
firebase9
console7
angular-cli7
typescript7
react6
user-interface6
angular6
monorepo5
lerna4
developer-tools4
javascript1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
dpetla/Menote
Feb 2018 - Jul 2020
A Journaling and note taking app.
Contributions:259 commits, 20 PRs, 223 pushes in 2 years 5 months
note-taking-appnotesfirestorenote-takingjournal
dpetla/TeamManager
Feb 2017 - May 2018
Contributions:10 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
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