Kit Armstrong
Software Engineering Manager at Wealthsimple
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolKit Armstrong is a Software Engineering Manager with a decade of experience building payment and fintech infrastructure, currently leading the core Payment Cards engineering team at Wealthsimple from Victoria, BC. Promoted internally from developer to manager, Kit blends hands-on backend and full-stack experience with people leadership to deliver reliable, scalable payments systems. Prior roles at PayByPhone and boutique studios sharpened skills in mobile and web integrations, while a pragmatic start with a Computer Information Systems diploma underpins a practical, delivery-first approach. Kit is known for moving quickly from prototype to production and for fostering cross-functional collaboration between product, security, and operations to reduce risk in high-compliance domains.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Information Systems Diploma Information Technology, Computer Information Systems Diploma Information Technology at Okanagan College
English
Github Skills (27)
env10
mongoose10
epic10
api10
admin9
typescript9
openshift9
transparency9
nodejs9
angular9
mongodb9
frontend8
inspections8
react-admin8
react8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
KitArmstrong/eagle-api
Dec 2019 - Feb 2020
EPIC revision 2019
Contributions:42 pushes, 19 branches in 2 months
epic
KitArmstrong/eagle-public
Dec 2019 - Feb 2020
EPIC revision 2019
Contributions:25 pushes, 18 branches in 2 months
epic
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