Glenn Saqui
Head Of Platform Engineering
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolGlenn Saqui is a Head of Platform Engineering based in Vancouver with 13 years of experience building and leading engineering teams in high-growth startups. A former polyglot developer, he brings deep full-stack fluency and a strong focus on platform stability and developer productivity. He combines hands-on technical work—such as meaningful contributions to the Ratpack HTTP framework by modernizing its time-handling internals—with strategic leadership at Betr to scale infrastructure and delivery. Trained in software engineering at the University of Victoria, Glenn is comfortable switching between coding, refactoring legacy systems, and shaping platform roadmaps that accelerate product velocity.
13 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science with Software Engineering option, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science with Software Engineering option at University of Victoria
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Github Skills (14)
javas10
reactive-streams10
ratpack10
java10
groovy10
testing9
http-client9
console6
migration6
php6
laravel6
database6
angularjs-directive6
angularjs6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
ratpack/ratpack
Dec 2014 - Jan 2015
Lean & powerful HTTP apps
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 1 PR, 1 comment in 20 days
Contributions summary:Glenn primarily focused on refactoring and updating the codebase related to time handling within the Ratpack framework. Their commits involved replacing `TimeUnit` with `Duration` throughout the API and test files, demonstrating a good understanding of the framework's internal workings. They also removed a GroovyUnitTest class, further indicating maintenance and refactoring efforts. These changes involved several files, including core components and tests related to streams and HTTP client functionalities.
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gsaqui/automate-coh-metrix
Oct 2015 - May 2016
Contributions:22 commits, 18 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
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