Senior Software Engineer • Available for work

Hey, Im Brayden.
Pretty much all I do is code.

About Me

I started out building little Flash games at thirteen and never looked back. What began as curiosity turned into a habit of turning ideas into tools, products, and playful experiments.

I care deeply about clear systems, thoughtful UX, and code that ages and scales well. I keep a steady cadence of learning new stacks when they help, and always try and keep up with the latest and greatest in the tech space.

Experience

  • Senior Software Engineer Yana Motion Labs
    2023 — Present • Calgary, AB

    Rebuilt the website with a modern, accessible, performance-first stack, implemented HIPAA-aligned AI pipelines and internal tools, and led technical SEO that increased organic visibility across 5+ target keywords.

  • Senior Software Engineer DataTrail Corp.
    02/2021 — 07/2025 • Calgary, AB

    Modernized legacy .NET C# and React systems, migrated payments from PayPal to Stripe, delivered device–server–UI features end-to-end, and introduced CI/CD pipelines for microservices for crucial GIS applications.

  • Senior Software Engineer Enviros
    06/2024 — 04/2025 • Calgary, AB

    Architected secure multi-tenant MySQL/Drizzle with granular RBAC and audit trails, built CANS-aligned interfaces with analytics dashboards, and reduced assessment completion times by ~45% while cutting reporting from hours to minutes.

  • Junior Backend Developer OnGuard
    06/2016 — 07/2020 • Calgary, AB

    Built and operated Node.js REST/microservices with CI/CD and observability, integrated third-party services to scale data workflows.

Projects

  • simple-ffmpeg

    Simple lightweight Node.js helper around FFmpeg for quick video composition, transitions, audio mixing, and animated text overlays.

    FFmpegOpen Source
  • Video Venture AI

    Currentlty in development AI-powered video generation platform that creates videos from text descriptions using multiple different AI models.

    TypeScriptReactNode.jsMonorepoBullMQAI VideoDocker
  • Word Wurm

    A simple browser based word game that is based off one of my favorite pop-cap games Book Worm

    Next.jsGameTailwindCSS

Skills

Frontend
ReactNext.jsVueSvelteTypeScriptJavaScript (ES6+)Tailwind CSSFramer MotionResponsive Design
Backend APIs
Node.jsExpressDjangoFastifyElysiaHonotRPCRESTful APIsMicroservices Architecture
Databases
MySQLPostgreSQLDrizzle ORMMongoDBSQL OptimizationMulti-tenant Architecture
Cloud & Infra
AWSGCPAzureDocker
Auth & Security
ClerkJWTOAuthRBACHIPAA-Compliant Data
AI/ML & Analytics
PythonTensorFlowMachine LearningGeospatial AnalysisData Viz (Recharts, D3)
DevOps
Git/GitHubAzure ReposGitHub ActionsGCR

Contact

Want to collaborate or have a project in mind? I’d love to hear from you.

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