Xavier L is a software system developer with 12 years’ experience building practical web and infrastructure solutions across government and private sectors in Canada. He currently develops software for the Government of Canada while consulting at MagnaX, blending application development, system administration, and customer-facing technical support. A University of Ottawa software engineering graduate with additional chemistry studies, he brings both disciplined engineering training and a detail-oriented mindset to problem solving. Xavier contributes to open-source front-end projects like bootstrap-select, improving accessibility and UI behavior—an indicator of his attention to user experience as well as code quality. Comfortable across the stack, he has hands-on experience with Drupal, web development, desktop delivery and network deployments, making him adept at turning broad technical requirements into reliable systems.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Software Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Software Engineering at University of Ottawa
:rocket: The jQuery plugin that brings select elements into the 21st century with intuitive multiselection, searching, and much more.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:157 commits, 12 PRs, 14 pushes in 7 months
Contributions summary:Xavier primarily contributed to the Bootstrap-select project by implementing changes to the JavaScript and CSS files. These commits involved modifications to the existing code, including adjustments to the tab stop and updates related to focus handling, suggesting involvement in improving the user interface's functionality and accessibility. The code differences also reveal changes to CSS, indicating work on the visual presentation of the select element.
Contributions:1 release, 5 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 10 months
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Xavier L - Software System Developer at MagnaX Software