Sean Fraser
Principal Software Developer at Lightspeed Commerce
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolSean Fraser is a Principal Software Developer based in Montreal with over a decade building scalable web platforms and developer-friendly systems, currently driving architecture and delivery at Lightspeed Commerce. He blends deep PHP and MySQL expertise with product-minded UX sensibilities, having led teams through large refactors and launched B2B platforms like Agencia Global. A hands-on leader and mentor, Sean has progressed from backend developer to development manager and principal roles, improving developer experience and operational stacks along the way. He contributes to open-source PHP tooling—strengthening quality through rigorous backend tests on projects such as laravel-mediable—reflecting his emphasis on reliability behind the scenes. His background in media, data visualization and teaching gives him a rare mix of technical depth and communication skill, useful for translating complex requirements into polished user-facing systems.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Lower Canada CollegeBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Communication and Media Studies, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Communication and Media Studies at Concordia UniversityD.E.C., Cinema, Video & Communications, D.E.C., Cinema, Video & Communications at Dawson College
French, English
Github Skills (6)
php10
laravel10
laravel-mix10
testing10
eloquent9
file-upload9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
plank/laravel-mediable
Jun 2016 - Jan 2023
Laravel-Mediable is a package for easily uploading and attaching media files to models with Laravel
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:80 releases, 6 reviews, 225 commits in 6 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Sean's commits primarily focused on adding and enhancing tests for the Laravel-Mediable package, demonstrating a strong focus on ensuring the reliability and functionality of media-related features. The commits involve the implementation of tests for various aspects of the package, including relationships, attaching and retrieving media by different criteria, and handling duplicate file names, which confirms a focus on backend logic. These changes suggest that this is an important step to maintain stability and quality of the product.
uploaderfile-uploadphpmedia-filesfilepond
plank/laravel-metable
Jan 2017 - Nov 2022
A package for handling arbitrary data in Laravel 5 applications
Contributions:27 releases, 22 reviews, 63 commits in 5 years 11 months
phparbitraryhandlingdatabasearbitrary-data
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