Robert Corrigall is a Canadian software engineer with 11 years of experience building reliable, secure backend and platform systems across fintech, public sector, and SaaS. He has driven migrations from monoliths to microservices, improved developer velocity through CI/CD and tooling, and delivered measurable performance and cost optimizations at companies like Clearco, Ledn, and Mark43. His work spans cloud-native infrastructure (AWS, GCP), DevOps automation, and backend services in TypeScript, Node.js, Python, Java, and databases from MongoDB to PostgreSQL and Elasticsearch. Notable contributions include hardening release pipelines, automating infra (CloudFormation, Serverless, GitHub Actions), and enhancing an open-source xlsx-populate library with hyperlink and print/layout features. Based in Kitchener, Ontario, he pairs hands-on engineering with security-conscious operational thinking and a track record of unblocking teams during high-stakes production events.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Honours Bachelors of Computer Science, Mathematics and Computer Science, Honours Bachelors of Computer Science, Mathematics and Computer Science at University of Waterloo
Excel XLSX parser/generator written in JavaScript with Node.js and browser support, jQuery/d3-style method chaining, encryption, and a focus on keeping existing workbook features and styles in tact.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:4 releases, 37 commits, 22 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Robert primarily focused on enhancing the functionality of the `xlsx-populate` library. Their contributions included implementing features such as email and internal hyperlinks, refactoring hyperlink handling for greater flexibility, and adding corresponding unit tests. They also added page and print options to the library, showcasing their work on features related to document formatting and layout.
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