Ian Irving
Independent Software Developer And Consultant at Connected Thinking Inc
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolIan Irving is an independent software developer and consultant with 15+ years of experience building human-friendly, data-driven web and desktop applications, specializing in Ruby on Rails and modern JavaScript (Ember, Vue). He translates complex business requirements into tested, accessible, and multilingual user experiences, having led projects for enterprise clients including CIBC and Toronto Metropolitan University. Ian combines deep back-end expertise in relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, DB2, SQL Server) with front-end skills in I18N, A11Y, and CSS/SASS design systems. He has a proven track record delivering high-stakes features under fast timelines—such as pandemic-era banking relief forms and cross-border account onboarding—while also mentoring teams and acting as interim tech lead. Comfortable with CI/CD, automated testing (Rspec, Cypress, Vitest) and cloud deployments (Heroku, GCS), he emphasizes maintainable, well-documented APIs and UIs. Based in Old Toronto, he brings a multidisciplinary background from enterprise workflow systems to modern single-page applications, making him equally effective with legacy integrations and greenfield builds.
15 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Computer Science, BSc Computer Science at University of Toronto Mississauga
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Github Skills (77)
composition10
payment-gateway10
abstraction10
javascript10
session-management10
payment-integration10
clean-architecture10
payment10
spree10
shopify10
inheritance10
adyen10
square10
payment-processing10
ruby9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
jonstipe/time-polyfill
Sep 2016 - Aug 2024
A polyfill for implementing the HTML5 <input type="time"> element in browsers that do not currently support it.
Contributions:2 PRs in 8 years
polyfillbrowsersjavascripthtml5html5-input
iirving/ember-fireblog
May 2017 - Aug 2024
a firebase backed blog used for testing and learning
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes in 7 years 4 months
testingfirebasebackedfirestore
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