Jacques Desmarais
Software Engineer at Freelance
Mississippi Mills, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolJacques Desmarais is a seasoned full-stack software engineer with 11 years of experience, rooted in a Computer Science degree from McGill University. Based in Mississippi Mills, Ontario, he excels at breaking down complex problems, shipping quality code, and mentoring teams with transparency and strong coding practices. As a self-starter and collaborative leader, he has delivered practical proofs of concept such as a mini-replica of the Gumroad ecommerce platform while working freelance. Jacques blends hands-on development across front- and back-end stacks with a proactive, quality-driven approach that improves team outcomes. He is known for turning ambiguous requirements into maintainable systems and fostering a culture of code quality and clear communication. Quietly pragmatic, he often surfaces simple architectural improvements that prevent long-term technical debt.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science at McGill University
French, English
Github Skills (81)
javascript9
peer-to-peer9
testing9
bundler9
filesystem9
npm9
react9
fitnesse9
synchronization9
tdd9
nodejs9
rust8
api8
lambda8
async8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
desm/config-from-argv
Aug 2023 - Apr 2024
Contributions:7 releases, 3 PRs, 18 pushes in 8 months
desm/g-application-jd
Apr 2024 - Apr 2024
Contributions:4 PRs, 9 pushes, 3 branches in 5 days
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