Summary
Eric Lau is a seasoned Principal Full Stack Engineer and solutions architect with over a decade of hands-on experience building scalable cloud-native applications and leading high-performing teams from Greater Vancouver. As President & Chief Consultant at Brainy Butlers and Senior Solutions Architect at Adaptech, he combines deep expertise in CQRS, Event Sourcing, Event Modeling, React, TypeScript and TDD with practical DevOps skills across AWS and Azure. He has a track record of turning complex, input-heavy domains (insurance, actuarial, POS) into robust, maintainable systems while introducing agile practices that cut release cycles from six weeks to two. Known as a coach and mentor, he intentionally balances junior-to-senior staffing to reduce total cost of ownership and improve long-term quality. Comfortable both shipping code and shaping strategy, he builds teams that deliver user-focused products under pressure without accruing technical debt. Outside engineering, his background in communications and a WSET Level 3 hints at a curious, multidisciplinary perspective that informs his collaborative leadership style.
11 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
WSET Level 3 Advanced Certificate in WIne and Spirits, WSET Level 3 Advanced Certificate in WIne and Spirits at Wine & Spirit Education Trust
British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)
Johnston Heights
Toastmasters
BA Communication, BA Communication at Simon Fraser University
Chinese, English