William Fortin
Software Engineer at Baseten
Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolWilliam Fortin is a seasoned software engineer with 13 years building polished web experiences and design-driven frontend systems from Quebec. He’s shipped complex product work—embedding a VS Code-based editor and shipping a visual drag-and-drop editor at dbt Labs—and has led cross-functional DesignOps and employee-journey teams at Pleo to improve developer-designer workflows and user-facing performance. Comfortable across the full stack, he specializes in React, TypeScript, GraphQL and scalable frontend architectures while retaining a strong focus on code quality, visual consistency and remote-first collaboration. A former university lecturer, he designs curricula and developer-friendly tooling, blending practical industry standards with clear teaching instincts. Now at Baseten, he continues to bridge product, design and engineering to deliver delightful, high-performance web applications.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Baccalauréat, Génie Logiciel, Baccalauréat, Génie Logiciel at Université Laval
French, English
Stackoverflow
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1kreached
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Github Skills (200)
material-ui10
javascript10
react-components10
animation10
react-hooks10
typescript10
trend10
formik10
react-native10
forms10
material-design10
higher-order-component10
react10
tag-input9
deno9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
GLO3112/frontend-starter-packs
May 2016 - Jan 2018
Contributions:5 PRs, 33 pushes, 12 branches in 1 year 7 months
packspartsweb-application
GLO3112/ci-demo
Jun 2016 - Jun 2019
Contributions:12 PRs, 31 pushes, 9 branches in 2 years 11 months
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