Johnny Ji
Chief Technical Officer at Distru
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolJohnny Ji is a CTO with 11 years of hands-on experience building and leading product engineering for supply-chain ERP systems, currently architecting the #1 seed-to-sale cannabis platform at Distru from Vancouver. He combines full-stack proficiency—notably Elixir on the backend and React on the frontend—with a track record of shipping ERP and mobile-first products across regulated and high-throughput domains. Prior roles include leading ERP projects for forestry and restaurant POS systems and delivering V1 of the Fitplan app, giving him a practical knack for turning complex workflows into reliable, auditable software. He’s also taught web development to both bootcamp students and teens, which speaks to his ability to simplify technical concepts and grow engineering teams. Unusually, his career blends domain expertise in regulated operations with developer-friendly tech choices, enabling rapid iteration in a compliance-heavy industry.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Economics, Economics at Simon Fraser UniversityWeb Development Web Development, Web Development Web Development at Lighthouse Labs
English, Chinese
Stackoverflow
169reputation
9kreached
3answers
11questions
Github Skills (66)
react-component10
params10
listview10
grid10
rendering9
react-components9
virtualization9
plug9
react9
resque9
exq8
datetimepicker8
sidekiq7
job-queue7
queue7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
johnnyji/proper_case
Mar 2016 - May 2020
Converts keys of maps to `snake_case`, useful as a plug to format params in the Phoenix connection pipeline
Contributions:43 commits, 21 PRs, 43 pushes in 4 years 3 months
params
johnnyji/jekyll_blog
Jun 2015 - Jan 2018
Contributions:146 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 7 months
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