Jonathan Girard-viau
Magog, Quebec, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolJonathan Girard-viau is a pragmatic Senior Backend Developer with 11 years of experience building reliable payment, billing, and identity systems at high-growth companies like Shopify, GlossGenius, and Elevate Labs. He has driven large-scale migrations and API designs that handled up to $100M in GMV and resolved incidents that recovered six-figure annual revenue, demonstrating a blend of technical ownership and operational rigor. Comfortable leading small multidisciplinary teams, Jonathan emphasizes data-informed decisions, strong documentation, and measurable metrics to reduce defects and improve system reliability. He thrives in dynamic, collaborative remote environments and prioritizes mental health and team culture as much as delivery. Curious and growth-minded, he continually explores new technologies and pragmatic solutions to maximize client and business value. Colleagues describe him as organized, detail-oriented, and relentlessly focused on closing the loop from incidents to durable fixes.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Information Technology Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Information Technology Engineering at École de technologie supérieureDEC, Mathematics and Computer Science, DEC, Mathematics and Computer Science at Collège de Bois-de-Boulogne
French, English
Github Skills (38)
paypal10
starter-kit10
shopify10
ecommerce10
merchant10
payment-integration10
payment-gateway10
abstraction10
ruby10
payment-processing10
payment10
nodejs10
spree10
boilerplate10
ejs10
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Girardvjonathan/blog
Sep 2016 - Jul 2023
Contributions:21 pushes, 2 branches in 6 years 11 months
Girardvjonathan/dotfiles
Dec 2021 - Aug 2024
Contributions:20 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 8 months
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