Christian Wang

Summary

Full Stack Developer with over 5 years of experience designing scalable systems, managing cross-functional teams, and driving software development projects from concept to deployment. Skilled in modern web frameworks, cloud-based infrastructure, and process optimization to enhance efficiency and deliver measurable results. Passionate about fostering team growth and implementing innovative technical solutions.

Skills

Programming Languages: Javascript, Python, PHP, Go, HTML, CSS, Bash, GraphQL

Frameworks: React.JS, Next.JS, Laravel, Express.JS, Fastify

DevOps: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS

Experience

NRI Industrial Sales Mississauga, ON

Technical Lead Nov 2023 - Present

Built and mentored 5 developer team, elevating team skills with 100+ hours of 1:1 mentorship (Linux/Docker/Systems Design), leading to a 200% increase in productivity
Led large-scale rebuild and migration of ERP/WMS/eCommerce (Laravel, Next.Js, GraphQL, Elasticsearch) to handle over $20 million in sales and $200 million in assets
Eliminated fragile manual server management by migrating to Amazon Web Services (AWS) ECS/RDS with Terraform, resulting in 5x faster deployments and 99.99% uptime
Introduced unit, integration, browser tests from scratch (0 - 1000+ tests) using PHPUnit, Pest, Dusk, reaching (0 - 60%) total code coverage
Orchestrated migration of eBay/PayPal APIs (deprecated - modern) with zero downtime for 80K+ listings, implementing data validation and fallbacks

Lead Full Stack Developer Jun 2022 - Nov 2023

Implemented e-commerce features in Vue.js & Laravel, including payment gateway integrations (Stripe, Paypal) and Tax API's (Avalara), increasing successful order volume by 30%
Key maintainer of platform health, resolved 150+ production issues, fixed broken data flows, and delivered 60+ custom SQL reports for internal teams
Modernized development infrastructure by Dockerizing multi-service applications, reducing dev/testing environment setup from 3 days to under 1 hour
Fixed scalability bottlenecks, optimized data flows to support 135% more active users and achieve a 4x reduction in downtime
Revamped organization-wide Git standards, introducing rebase/squash workflows and mandatory Jira-linked commit reducing merge conflicts by 40% while improving issue traceability and enabling faster rollbacks

Education

Ryerson University (Toronto Metropolitan University) Toronto, ON

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Minor in Philosophy Cumulative GPA: 3.9

Projects

HomeLab ServerCluster: Hyperconverged cluster of PCs with dedicated ZFS storage pool (over 8TBs of SSDs), connected over fiber (SFP) through a dedicated network. Currently hosting VMs, NextCloud and self-hosted Github Actions runners
DIY Gaming Handheld: Custom portable gaming handheld powered by a Ryzen 9 6900HX mini pc, Raspberry Pi-based peripherals. Implementing a custom power management system using BMS, lithium-ion cells with support for USB-C fast-charging protocols