Simon Gagnon
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Top SchoolSimon Gagnon is a Montreal-based software leader with over 14 years of experience building full-stack web applications and leading engineering teams, most recently as Directeur technique at Edoki Academy. He combines product-minded infrastructure ownership with hands-on development across APIs, databases, Unity games and front-end UI, having been a go-to web specialist at Ubisoft Montréal on large collaborative projects. An active open-source contributor, Simon has improved core aspects of the popular RedwoodJS framework—adding i18n, SEO/meta work, testing and stability fixes—demonstrating comfort across frontend and backend architecture. His background in fine arts and early cooperative community work gives him a practical creative sensibility that informs thoughtful UX and team collaboration.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Arts plastiques, Fine/Studio Arts, General, Arts plastiques, Fine/Studio Arts, General at Collège Lionel-GroulxInformatique de gestion, Informatique de gestion at Collège Ahuntsic
French, English
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Github Skills (23)
javascript10
typescript10
typescript-types10
typescripts10
react10
prisma9
wpgraphql9
wordpress-graphql9
apollo9
graphql9
i18n-js8
ember-i18n8
jamstack8
jtest8
jestjs8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
redwoodjs/redwood
Feb 2021 - Jan 2023
The App Framework for Startups
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:75 reviews, 26 commits, 33 PRs in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Simon made various contributions to the RedwoodJS framework, spanning both frontend and backend aspects. They focused on improving the framework's capabilities, including implementing i18n setup with simpler configurations, enhancing SEO features with meta tags, and improving unit testing. Additionally, the user addressed issues related to caching, logger upgrades, and bug fixes, demonstrating a strong understanding of the framework's architecture.
reactprismajamstackgraphqlapollo
simoncrypta/simoncrypta
Jan 2021 - Mar 2025
My personal website
Contributions:2 PRs, 29 pushes, 7 branches in 4 years 2 months
reactnextjs
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