Summary
Rhys Lawson is a self-taught full stack developer and product specialist with nine years of experience building automated systems, social-first commerce, and scalable SaaS products from Victoria, BC. He combines hands-on engineering with product leadership—driving release cadence improvements, designing admin and customer portals that scaled cargo requests to hundreds per day, and shipping privacy-forward analytics and notification systems. As a founder and operator of multiple ventures (Bidddy, Reach Social Growth, The Lawsn Collective), he pairs technical delivery with community development and B2B marketing to shorten customer discovery-to-purchase pathways. He’s comfortable working across the stack—mobile-first UIs, PostgreSQL, S3 presigned flows, browser-based computer vision—and often steps out of his comfort zone to diversify skills in negotiation, sociology-informed problem solving, and stakeholder collaboration. A UVic computer science grad, he also builds consumer-facing brands (Pekin the Chef) and has a track record of mentoring and creating tools that boost engagement for marginalized communities.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at University of Victoria
English