Neethan Bala
Summary
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SeniorNeethan Balaventhan is a Senior Software Developer with nine years of experience building backend systems for both startups and large enterprises, currently contributing to Shopify's platform from Waterloo. A University of Waterloo Bachelor of Mathematics graduate, he has progressed through multiple backend roles at Shopify, demonstrating rapid technical growth and ownership across L4–L5 levels. He pairs strong backend expertise with full-stack exposure from earlier roles at ecobee and TradeRev, enabling pragmatic product-focused engineering. Known for a curiosity-driven approach, he thrives in innovative cultures and continuously picks up new technologies to solve production-scale problems. Although not public-facing on GitHub, his steady upward trajectory at a high-scale commerce company speaks to reliable delivery and system design skill.
9 years of coding experience
Github Skills (8)
css10
codebase10
certification10
javascript10
nodejs10
math10
react10
programming-tools9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
ntn/The-Loop-backend
Jun 2020 - Jan 2025
Contributions:35 PRs, 34 pushes, 15 branches in 4 years 7 months
ntn/The-Loop
Jun 2020 - Jan 2025
Contributions:62 PRs, 62 pushes, 27 branches in 4 years 7 months
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