Gord Tanner
Senior Software Developer at Wealthsimple
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolGord Tanner is a senior software developer in Waterloo with 15 years of experience building scalable web and distributed systems across startups and product teams. He blends hands-on engineering—NodeJS, JavaScript, C++ and cloud-ready architectures—with product and CTO-level leadership from co-founding companies like bitHound and Numo. Currently shaping the Cash App at Wealthsimple, Gord has a track record of turning prototypes into well-architected platforms, hiring and growing teams, and operationalizing CI/CD and linting practices in open-source projects. He’s comfortable across the full stack and devops surface, from Postgres and blockchain integrations to front-end tooling and terminal-facing utilities. Beyond code, Gord’s background in developer tooling and emulator work shows a knack for developer experience and pragmatic system design that reduces friction for teams.
15 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Programming, Computer Programming at Conestoga College
Github Skills (11)
code-generator10
nodejs10
code-generation10
javascript10
refactoring10
codegen10
refactor10
qr-code10
testing9
chai9
sinon9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
gtanner/qrcode-terminal
Feb 2013 - Nov 2015
QRCodes in your terminal, cause thats hot.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:19 commits, 1 PR, 1 push in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Gord primarily refactored the project's core module, breaking it down into sub-modules, indicating a focus on code organization and maintainability. They added a feature allowing the user to obtain the QR code string via a callback function. Moreover, the user integrated linting to improve code quality and added a Travis CI configuration, demonstrating knowledge of automated testing and continuous integration. They also replaced the colors module with raw ascii codes for terminal output.
terminalqrcodescausecli
gtanner/twill
Feb 2012 - Mar 2014
Contributions:6 commits in 2 years
javascriptaspect-oriented-programmingaspect
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