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Loic Kandikandi

Software Developer

Welcome to my personal website. This space will serve as an extension of my resume as well as a medium to share my thoughts on subjects I like.

Resume

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦

About Me

I accidentally enrolled in a Computer Science class in High School and thoroughly enjoyed building simple games. Curious about what else this newfound world could offer, I pursued Software Engineering in University. And this time, it was on purpose.

During my time in University, I had the chance to dive deeper into the field and meet some inspiring figures along the way. I helped a non-profit raise funds by providing software solutions; I researched initiatives to explore the integration of NLP tools to improve processes within the canadian public sector; joined a small startup as lead frontend developer to build a short-term furniture subscription solution; pivoted to cloud full-stack development at a pioneer company in the field of event streaming.

I'm now a full-time devops engineer at Ciena where I am supporting talented designers build the next generation of WaveRouter products. I am also tinkering with freelance on the side. When I'm not on my computer, I'm geeking out about the latest tech startup trends, or catching up on my movies and tv shows watch list.

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Experience

Solace
Software Developer, Co-op
Event Portal Team. Implemented one-click feature flag system. Enabled parallel integration test execution in PR validation pipeline, cutting feature delivery time by 200%. Collaborated with UI/UX Designers to develop customer-facing features.
JavaSpring BootReactDockerKubernetesCI/CD
Ross Video
Software Developer, Co-op
Interstellar Team. Used Test-Driven Development for dependable Springboot backend services. Created reusable UI components. Led React coding sessions to boost team skills and code quality.
JavaSpring BootReact
Homeboard Technologies
Frontend Developer
2-person developer team. Built a customer account page for managing payments and personal info. Created reusable UI components in accordance to internal design system. Set up CI/CD pipeline for automated testing and deployment.
ReactReduxCI/CDStripe
Cision
Software Developer, Co-op
Pathfinder team. Created a high-speed JavaScript backend real time data transformer service, managing 500k articles per minute. Set up dashboards and alerts to monitor performance and receive service failure notifications.
JavaSpring BootJavaScriptKubernetesDatadog
University of Ottawa
Software Developer, Co-op
Created an e-learning platform for medical students with quiz management and real-time performance dashboards for monitoring progress. Produced wireframes, prototypes, and user flows, reducing development time by 20%.
ReactReduxFirebaseFigma
Canada Revenue Agency
Data Analyst, Co-op
Audit, Evaluation, and Risk Branch. Presented report to the director proposing NLP integration for smoother auditing processes and successfully secured project approval.
NLPPythonTechnical Writing

Projects

Here’s a few things I’ve built or helped build over the years. Can’t wait to revisit this and cringe at the choices I made. Ah, the joys of hindsight!

IEEE uOttawa

IEEE uOttawa

Brand marketing website for the IEEE uOttawa branch, a student organization for aspiring electrical, computer and software engineers.

Next.jsTailwind CSSMUI
DemoCode
CSCE uOttawa

CSCE uOttawa

Brand marketing website for the CSCE uOttawa chapter, a student organization for aspiring civil engineers.

Next.jsMUI
Demo
Software for Love

Software for Love

Brand marketing website for Software for Love, a non-profit organization with the mission of helping communities with software solutions.

Gatsby.jsAntd Design
DemoCode
ESS uOttawa

ESS uOttawa

Brand marketing website for the official engineering student government body at uOttawa.

Next.jsTailwind CSSMUI
DemoCode