Kevin McGillivray
Web Developer
Summary
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SeniorKevin Mcgillivray is a Senior Software Engineer with 12 years of experience who blends hands-on front-end craftsmanship with leadership in product-focused startups. He co-founded Sandcastle, teaches and mentors aspiring developers through Bloc and Code Convoy, and has held engineering and leadership roles at Kaymbu and Column, where he moved between senior engineer and engineering manager responsibilities. Rooted in a design and music background from St. Norbert College and Liverpool Hope University, he brings a studio-minded approach to web and game development that emphasizes creativity, teaching, and convivial collaboration. Known for a thoughtful, human-centered practice—he collects influences from books, chess, tea, and mythic storytelling—he consistently shares knowledge through instruction and writing. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic engineering, clear mentorship, and an aesthetic sensibility that elevates product experience.
12 years of coding experience
Github Skills (24)
chess9
lichess9
frontend8
html8
mongodb8
typescript8
css8
scala8
jekyll8
responsive8
functional-programming8
nodejs8
design-patterns7
antipatterns5
obsidian5
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
kmcgillivray/kmcgillivray.github.io
Jun 2014 - Oct 2022
:pencil2: My personal Jekyll site.
Contributions:474 commits, 6 PRs, 386 pushes in 8 years 6 months
jekyll
sandcastleco/dicey
Aug 2015 - Feb 2017
Contributions:4 releases, 1 PR, 52 pushes in 1 year 6 months
diegamedice-gamediceamazing
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