Massimo Triassi

Software Engineer

Basic Information

GitHub

m-triassi

Telephone

[Redacted]

Location

Montreal, QC, Canada (EST)

Skills & Certifications

Certifications:

Laravel Certified Developer

Skills:

PHP / Laravel

Python

MySQL

Ansible

AWS / Azure

Docker

GitHub Actions

Pytorch / Scikit Learn

JS / Vue / React

Redis

Elasticsearch

OpenCV

Spoken Language:

English, French

Experience

Plank Design

  • Back-end Lead & Senior Developer - Feb 2020 → Present (4 Years, 6 Months)
    • Developed bespoke content versioning platform for publicly traded technology company, exposing tools to aid the design & construction of over 500 physical locations
    • Introduced tools to monitor error rates and platform performance gaining visibility into bugs for 75% of in-progress, and deployed projects.
    • Built modularity & maintainability into projects by breaking up code into reusable open source packages, allowing for smoother updates and amplification of effort.
    • Championed yearly SR&ED initiatives saving $2.4M over 4 years in tax returns.
    • Hired and on-boarded 6 high impact developers, using custom written automated tests, and well defined documentation for a clear & inclusive interview process.
    • Accomplished above while also keeping up with leading on various high-value client projects and working at a similar output as with previous positions.
  • Back-end Developer - May 2017 → Feb 2020 (2 Years, 9 Months)
    • Led requirements gathering for five custom applications, encompassing client needs, project estimation, software development, and deployment management.
    • Architected an IaC orchestrated web-application using AWS autoscaling to serve over 1.3 million users per month, while reducing operational costs by ~45%.
    • Developed new in-house CMS by leveraging open source software and automated refactoring tools to lower required work-hours for projects by ~25%.
  • Intern - Jan 2017 → May 2017 (3 Months)
    • Helped build tools for in-house CMS, such as automatic code generation commands, tokenized inputs for relation management, and user management.

Vanier College, Corporate Affairs Department

  • Video Editor & Visual Effects Artists - Aug 2015 → May 2017
    • Increased efficiency and visibility of the team, such as Kanban boards on Trello.
    • Taught junior editors basic editing skills through 1-on-1 learning sessions.

Education

  • Concordia University: Software Engineering, BEng
    • Specialization in Machine Learning
  • Vanier College: Computer Science Technology, DEC
  • Laurier Senior High School, DES

Volunteer Activities

Canadian Robotics Competition

  • Created rules, documentation, and hardware development platforms for participants, aged 13-18, that were easy to understand, and unambiguous to promote learning.
  • Assured safety of participants, visitors, and volunteers by conduction certification of robots (electrical and mechanical), kiosks (building code).
  • Led team responsible for short turn around of video highlighting the competition, shown at the conclusion of the 3-day event.

DnD MTL

  • Led development team of junior developers to build open source web tools to ease the operation of in person, non-profit / charity Dungeons and Dragons events.
  • Collaborated with organizers to host tables at events in which any player can sit down to enjoy a game creating a welcoming and inclusive environment.
  • Coordinated with local comic conventions (like comic-con) to have a presence on the show floor.