Simon Cousineau
Senior Embedded Software Engineer at Verkada
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolSimon Cousineau is a Senior Embedded Software Engineer based in Ottawa with eight years of experience building firmware and embedded systems, currently leading low-level development at Verkada. A University of Waterloo computer engineering alumnus, he progressed from firmware intern to senior engineer within the same company, reflecting rapid technical growth and ownership of production embedded features. His background spans embedded C/C++, hardware-focused design, and earlier roles in cloud platform and web development at Wind River and Shopify, giving him a rare full-stack perspective on device-to-cloud systems. He has contributed front-end React work to notable open-source projects like Shopify/quilt, demonstrating versatility across stacks and attention to quality through unit tests and build tooling changes. Colleagues describe him as pragmatic and detail-oriented, able to translate hardware constraints into reliable firmware while still iterating quickly. Outside core firmware work, he brings practical experience in TypeScript, testing, and build configuration that helps bridge embedded and higher-level service integration.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Engineering at University of Waterloo
French, English
Github Skills (9)
typescript10
javascript10
typescripts10
front-end-development10
react10
typescript-types10
enzyme9
scs6
sc6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Shopify/quilt
Sep 2018 - Sep 2018
[⚠️ Deprecated] A loosely related set of packages for JavaScript/TypeScript projects at Shopify
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:29 commits, 7 PRs, 19 pushes in 6 days
Contributions summary:Simon primarily contributed to the development of a React-based tracking pixel package, creating components and integrating preconnect features. Their work included implementing the `TrackingPixel` component, writing unit tests, and modifying the build configuration. Furthermore, the user focused on styling, initially using a SCSS file and later moving the styles inline. They also updated configuration files related to TypeScript modules.
react-modaljavascriptshopify-apijavascript-typescriptcjs
blazingbbq/SlackMrkdwn
Aug 2019 - Jan 2021
Converts markdown to Slack's internal format 'mrkdwn'
Contributions:25 commits, 32 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 5 months
internalmrkdwnslackto-markdownmarkdown
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