Richard Rance
Engineering Lead External APIs & Integration Infrastructure
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Top SchoolRichard Rance is an engineering leader with 10 years of experience building integration infrastructure and partner-facing APIs, currently leading External APIs & Integration Infrastructure at Vendasta from Saskatoon. He defines strategy for partner extensibility and guides cross-functional teams through design, backlog grooming and delivery, with hands-on experience in Go, Python, Angular/TypeScript, gRPC, JSON:API REST and event-driven architectures. His background spans product ownership and client-facing implementation work in HCM systems, giving him a strong sense for translating complex partner requirements into auditable, production-ready solutions. Known for pragmatic tooling and process improvements, he balances long-term platform strategy with shipping practical features like OAuth2 SSO and BYO integrations.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Computer System Technology with Distinction, Software Development, Computer System Technology with Distinction, Software Development at Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology - Kelsey CampusAberdeen Composite School
Github Skills (94)
converting10
specification10
api10
json-api10
bootswatch10
validation9
cadence9
golang9
logic9
json-schema9
swagger9
business-logic9
openapi9
bootstrap9
parsing9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
vendasta/api-gateway-docs
Sep 2020 - Feb 2023
A place to play around with open API specs
Contributions:270 reviews, 303 commits, 45 PRs in 2 years 5 months
placeapispecsapi-specsplace-to-play
vendasta/api2go
Oct 2020 - Dec 2023
JSONAPI.org Implementation for Go
Contributions:3 reviews, 10 PRs, 8 pushes in 3 years 2 months
golangjsonapiapirest-apijson
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