Emile Cantin

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ABOUT ME

Senior full-stack developer with 8+ years of experience

I've worked with Javascript on the whole stack for 8+ years, but lately I've been much more focused on the front-end, with React.

I'm also passionate about education in general (I homeschool my kids), and I love helping people.

Eastern Time (US & Canada) (-04:00)

Joined January 2020

EXPERTISE

JavaScript

8 years experience | 1 endorsement

I've worked as a javascript developer for pretty much my whole career. I've been involved in many different types of projects, from enter...

I've worked as a javascript developer for pretty much my whole career. I've been involved in many different types of projects, from enterprise apps to startup products.

Full StackFull stack web developmentFront-End

Full StackFull stack web developmentFront-End HTML/CSS HTML5 Bootstrap Leaflet Google Maps TypeScript

React

5 years experience

React is my current specialization. From state management, auth and API access to CSS animations and drag-drop interfaces, I've seen it a...

React is my current specialization. From state management, auth and API access to CSS animations and drag-drop interfaces, I've seen it all. I've often pushed the envelope on what's possible, doing stuff like server-side rendering (so the first page load is faster) or writing my own custom Babel plugin (to remove some unused parts of the code in a specific build so it's smaller).

Flux Responsive Design CSS Animation

Flux Responsive Design CSS Animation GraphQL Webpack Babel Redux React Native

Node.js

8 years experience | 1 endorsement

Node.js has been a staple of my tech stack for my whole career. I fell in love with it back in 2012, when I realized that it enabled me t...

Node.js has been a staple of my tech stack for my whole career. I fell in love with it back in 2012, when I realized that it enabled me to use the same code on the front-end as well as the back-end. Since then, I've built countless projects with it, from the 1-file solo prototype to the 10k-lines-of-code enterprise app (as part of a team).

RESTful API Express.js Back-End

RESTful API Express.js Back-End DevOps Docker PostgreSQL SQL Unit Testing GraphQL

AWS (Amazon Web Services)

8 years experience

I've hosted many projects on Amazon Web Services, from personal servers to full-on auto-scaling apps.

Linux PostgreSQL Nginx

Linux PostgreSQL Nginx Amazon EC2 Amazon S3 AWS Lambda Amazon RDS

iOS

1 year experience

I was the lead iOS developer at Novom Networks, a small company in the "location analytics" space. I was responsible for improving and ma...

I was the lead iOS developer at Novom Networks, a small company in the "location analytics" space. I was responsible for improving and maintaining their iOS framework that used Bluetooth Low Energy / iBeacon to augment location services and move app interactivity in the real world. One of my more visible achievements was a quiz app for Smart City Expo Montréal. The app isn't on the app store anymore, but screenshots are visible here: https://appadvice.com/app/quiz-smart-city-expo-montr-c3-a9al/944308445

Objective-C Bluetooth

Ruby on Rails

1 year experience

A little while ago, I've built (as part of a team of 6) a ride-sharing app using Rails, just a few years before Uber. Nowadays I mentor b...

A little while ago, I've built (as part of a team of 6) a ride-sharing app using Rails, just a few years before Uber. Nowadays I mentor bootcamp students, and Rails is part of the curriculum.

AWS (Amazon Web Services)Jenkins Cucumber

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SOCIAL PRESENCE

GitHub

ssr_code-splitting_sample

JavaScript

foreman-export-initscript

Export foreman Procfile to a init script

Ruby

Community Posts

`this` in Javascript: finally an explanation that makes sense

Originally published on my blog (https://blog.emilecantin.com/web/javascript/2019/12/16/this-javascript.html) Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? - Freddie Mercury, while trying to learn...

EMPLOYMENTS

Teacher & Mentor, Web Bootcamp

Lighthouse Labs

2018-10-01-Present

- Teach bootcamp students about Web development concepts, like Web servers, CSS, databases, etc. mainly through live-coding sessions. - A...

- Teach bootcamp students about Web development concepts, like Web servers, CSS, databases, etc. mainly through live-coding sessions. - Answer student's questions as they work through their assignments & projects.

HTML/CSS

SQL

Web Development

HTML/CSS

SQL

Web Development

JavaScript

Senior Software Engineering Consultant

E. Cantin Informatique (Freelance)

2018-09-01-Present

- Build prototype Web Applications for startups and large enterprises alike - Fill a skill gap in existing development teams in a budget-...

- Build prototype Web Applications for startups and large enterprises alike - Fill a skill gap in existing development teams in a budget-friendly manner

Node.js

Leaflet

React

Node.js

Leaflet

React

GraphQL

Smart Web Technologies Developer

Tylio

2015-10-01-2018-09-01

Tylio is a new-style webpage builder. SaaS startup with a smaller team, I was the lead front-end developer. My duties & achievements were...

Tylio is a new-style webpage builder. SaaS startup with a smaller team, I was the lead front-end developer. My duties & achievements were: - Leadership role in developing a complex application using patented technology. - Continuous deployment of a high-availability, publicly available application. - Built the front-end architecture with React and server-side rendering. - Optimized runtime performances (more than 200% gain on first page load) and build performances (200% faster webpack builds). - Search engine optimization (many of our clients saw their page on our platform appear before their own site on Google).

Node.js

PostgreSQL

React

Node.js

PostgreSQL

React

Webpack

PROJECTS

IOA WorkbenchView Project

Equinix

2018

An app used by sales reps to model a prospective client's network, and how it would fit with Equinix's infrastructure. I'm the primary f...

An app used by sales reps to model a prospective client's network, and how it would fit with Equinix's infrastructure. I'm the primary front-end developer for this project, which is still ongoing.

Leaflet

React

GraphQL

Leaflet

React

GraphQL

Flightpath FinanceView Project

Flightpath Finance

2019

Flightpath Finance is a fintech startup. They needed someone with my specific expertise to help them tackle a big re-architecture of thei...

Flightpath Finance is a fintech startup. They needed someone with my specific expertise to help them tackle a big re-architecture of their app, without impacting the existing customers. This re-architecture helped them save hundreds of dollars a month in AWS costs.

Node.js

TypeScript

React

Node.js

TypeScript

React

GraphQL