Matt Francis
Software Engineer at Lightspeed Commerce
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolMatt Francis is a software engineer with nine years of full-stack experience building high-impact web products, currently contributing to Lightspeed Commerce where his React and GraphQL work supports features used by 130,000+ merchants and improves checkout flows across billions of annual transactions. He co-founded a student collaboration startup, leading product discovery, user interviews with hundreds of participants, and securing seed funding—bringing a founder’s empathy to engineering decisions. His strengths span modern front-end frameworks (React, Next.js, Angular, TypeScript) and robust backend systems (Node.js, Go, PostgreSQL, GraphQL), plus practical DevOps with Docker, CI/CD, and cloud platforms. Matt has a track record of shipping accessibility, internationalization, and performance improvements that measurably increased engagement and expanded market reach. He pairs data-informed UX optimizations with engineering rigor, and often takes ownership of end-to-end features from user research through production rollout.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at St. Thomas Aquinas CSSMiddle School Diploma, Middle School Diploma at Eastview Public SchoolBachelor of Science Degree (BSc), Computer Science, 3.8/4 GPA (Computer Science), Bachelor of Science Degree (BSc), Computer Science, 3.8/4 GPA (Computer Science) at Wilfrid Laurier UniversityElementary School Diploma, Elementary School Diploma at Makwendam Public SchoolPart-Time Student, Part-Time Student at University of Waterloo
English
Github Skills (99)
animation9
github-bot9
dependency-free9
api9
react-spring9
giphy-api9
serverless9
dynamic9
react9
probot9
zap9
nodejs9
datepicker8
jwt8
rest8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
mattfrancis888/blizzard
Mar 2021 - Apr 2024
Replication of Blizzard's Entertainment's website, known for developing and publishing games such as Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, and Overwatch. Built to understand physics-based animations with React Spring.
Contributions:42 PRs, 108 pushes, 21 branches in 3 years 1 month
mattfrancis888/giphy
May 2019 - Aug 2020
Giphy like website. Used React and Bootstrap 4 (Reactstrap) with API Giphy calls using axios.
Contributions:12 commits, 7 pushes, 5 branches in 1 year 3 months
apireactreactstrapcallscss
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