John Yorke
Senior Data AI Engineer
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Yorke is a software engineer based in Halifax, Canada, with 11 years of professional experience and 5+ years focused on data-intensive, distributed systems and simulation-driven platforms. Currently leading the ground-up SaaS development of Navigator at Posterity Group, he owns architecture, full-stack services, and UI/UX work, bridging React front ends with Node.js/GraphQL backends and PostgreSQL schemas. He has delivered avionics and fleet-management software for aerospace SAR programs and built standalone tooling that streamlined operational workflows. Fluent in English and French and proficient in Japanese, he brings strong cross-cultural communication to technical leadership and teaching roles. A Saint Mary’s CS alumnus and active GitHub presence, he combines practical DevOps (Azure, Docker, GitHub) with a penchant for architecting scalable, simulation-centric systems.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Saint Mary's University
English, French, Japanese
Github Skills (77)
minecraft10
uikit10
react-component10
react10
addon10
react-components9
typescript9
svg-files8
pagination8
keystonejs8
cms8
icon-pack8
graphql8
x118
nodejs8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
larixsw/conservation-website
Apr 2024 - May 2026
French Village Woodland Conservation Site Software & CMS
Contributions:1 review, 4 PRs, 15 pushes in 2 years 1 month
cms
yorkeJohn/Tainted-Magic
Jul 2017 - Feb 2022
Tainted Magic, an addon to Thaumcraft 4
Contributions:102 commits, 6 PRs, 145 pushes in 4 years 7 months
magicminecraftaddontainted
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