Gabe Kirkley
Senior Software Engineer at Bench Accounting
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolGabe Kirkley is a Senior Software Engineer based in Vancouver with seven years of experience building full-stack web applications and leading engineering efforts. He is proficient in React frontends and backend services in Java, Go, and Node.js, and is recognized as a frontend expert who still moves fluidly across the entire stack. At Bench Accounting he has translated product specs into shipped features, mentored junior engineers, and now holds a senior role driving delivery. Earlier work includes building revenue-generating streaming and scheduling systems for Arts Club Theatre Company, showing a knack for pragmatic product thinking and end-to-end ownership. Outside work he pursues history editing on Wikipedia, grows plants, and prototypes games in Unity—signals of a curious maker who blends technical depth with strong communication and leadership.
7 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), History, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), History at University of the Fraser Valley
French
Github Skills (24)
markdown10
remark10
npm-package10
mdx10
vue10
static-site10
netlify-cms10
react10
jsx10
cms9
javascript9
decap-cms9
content-management-system9
headless-cms9
jamstack9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
gdgkirkley/readingly
Jul 2020 - May 2021
A reading tracker meant to help you reach your goals
Contributions:12 PRs, 167 pushes, 3 branches in 9 months
goalsreactreachtracker
gdgkirkley/secondary-characters
Jul 2020 - Mar 2025
Contributions:245 PRs, 516 pushes, 245 branches in 4 years 8 months
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