Zach Munro-cape
Senior Software Developer - Technical Lead at SSENSE
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolZach Munro-cape is a seasoned senior software developer and technical lead based in Montreal with 12 years of experience building full-stack systems using Go, Python, Scala and JavaScript alongside Redis, MongoDB and Postgres. He currently leads engineering at SSENSE and has steered teams through product and cloud expansions at Top Hat, WatrHub/Citylitics and Orbis, blending hands-on coding with people leadership. His background spans frontend UX tweaks to backend integrations—evidenced by contributions to the MarkUs academic tool where he improved CSV reporting, i18n and student filtering—showing attention to both developer ergonomics and user-facing details. Comfortable across Google Cloud services, Elasticsearch and modern web frameworks, he excels at shipping reliable, scalable features while mentoring engineers and bridging product needs with technical trade-offs.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Honours Bachelor's of Science with High Distinction, Computer Science, Honours Bachelor's of Science with High Distinction, Computer Science at University of TorontoInternational Baccalaureate Diploma, HL Physics, History, & English, International Baccalaureate Diploma, HL Physics, History, & English at Halifax West High School
Github Skills (10)
rails10
ruby-on-rails10
jquery9
javascript9
user-interface8
csv8
html7
internationalization7
css5
git4
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
MarkUsProject/Markus
Feb 2014 - Jul 2014
Git repository of MarkUs
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:27 commits in 5 months
Contributions summary:Zach primarily contributed to the MarkUs project by modifying CSV report generation, specifically adjusting file name formats and adding/removing course name modifications. They also made changes to the user interface by experimenting with jQuery and implementing student filtering. Furthermore, the user integrated internationalization and added a cancel button to the download feature.
git-repositorymarkdownmarkus
munrocape/slacker-news
Mar 2015 - Apr 2016
Contributions:47 commits, 43 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 1 month
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