Riley Gowan
Software Engineer at Atlassian
Qualicum Beach, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolRiley Gowan is a versatile software engineer with nine years of experience building full-stack solutions across product-focused companies like Unity, Shutterstock, and Atlassian. He has led cross-functional initiatives—from architecting Unity DevOps releases and grouping/build management features to redesigning Shutterstock’s photo editor and streamlining monetization onboarding—while balancing hands-on coding with technical leadership. Known for mentoring junior engineers and improving testing and documentation practices, Riley consistently drives code quality and operational reliability. Based in Qualicum Beach, BC, he combines a creative-writing background with formal full-stack training, which helps him translate complex requirements into clear, user-centered implementations. An operator at heart, he excels at shipping pragmatic features that simplify workflows and scale across teams.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Creative Writing, Bachelor’s Degree Creative Writing at Concordia UniversityFull-Stack Web Development, Full-Stack Web Development at Lighthouse Labs
English, French
Github Skills (15)
parser10
cpp10
svg10
mortar10
animation10
github9
science9
javascript-animation9
computer-science9
javascript9
css9
git9
canvas8
fabricjs7
nodejs4
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
nebdil/midterm
Oct 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:57 pushes, 1 branch in 4 days
rileygowan/eslint-plugin-no-react-component-snapshots
Sep 2021 - Aug 2022
Contributions:14 pushes, 1 tag, 1 comment in 10 months
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