Dennis Gray Email & Phone Number

Vancouver, Bc, Ca

> Led the exploration of our internal Elasticsearch implementation for a proof of concept to solve a Google Review to Client attribution problem.> Performing analysis on slow Postgres SQL queries to identify opportunities for performance improvements of our team’s GraphQL queries.> Saved Jobber an estimated $3000 per year by reducing CI times by 16 seconds by finding and removing dead code outside of my area of ownership.> Developed several key React sub-features for the first Google Marketing Tool Initiative: Review responses, AI generated rewrites, sms and email message customization, and other components.> Led an effort outside of sprint work to bring the Prettier-Ruby plugin into Jobber to format the Ruby on Rails monolith.> Shipped Geolocation Job Timers, a React Native feature for our most expensive subscription plan, which is currently supporting over 4000 business owners which reduced weekly timesheet edit rates by 60%.> Completed several incremental refactors on high-risk consumer facing Ruby on Rails code.> Working intimately with Design and Product Managers to help form opinions around UX and task scope.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

- Owned the load testing of the Streaming Platform Team's primary HTTP endpoint to prepare for Shopify's biggest traffic event of the year.- Improved the reliability of Shopify's internal Golang Kafka library upgrades by creating Datadog dashboards to observe the impact of new releases.- Supported internal developers using Shopify's Streaming Platform by removing friction in their development process.- Lead a weekly book club focused on the book Designing Data Intensive Applications to better understand distributed systems.- Took the initiative to attend Superorbital's week long Kubernetes workshop to upskill in my deployment knowledge.

- Built a 300+ memeber Slack channel cakked #code-together aimed at supporting and empowering people in the pursuit of computer science through mentorship and shared learning.- Established a novel relationship between Shopify's SEO and Support teams to enhance the value provided by Shopify Support during support calls.- Highlighted in my region for having a strong impact in my role.

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

- Sourced data from forest company reports to support spatial optimization modelling decisions.- Conducted a brief literature review on existing biofuel optimization models to position the work our team was doing in this area of research.

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

- Worked closely with the course instructor to support their goals and student learning outcomes.- Provided timely and actionable improvements for student’s work, resulting in a 10% increase in overall grades from the first assignment to the second.- Developed a small writing handbook to help first year students quickly make improvements in their writing quality.

Edmonton, Canada Area

- Managed multiple on-going projects and activities to support the goals set by upper management.- Sharpened conflict management skills in daily phone conversations with customers to resolve routine issues and misunderstandings.- Collaborated with coworkers and upper management to help shape the Operations Assistant position, which was a brand new position in the company.- Earned the trust of the President to oversee critical aspects of the organization’s largest business contract with Telus Communications' fibre optic project.

Master Of Science - Ms, Natural Resource Economics, 3.83/4.00

Activities and Societies: Completed Graduate Teaching and Learning Level 1: Foundations; Level 2: Practicum(Voluntary and indefinitely.

Bachelors Of Arts W/ Economics Major And Math Minor, Economics And Math, 3.5/4.0

Activities and Societies: University of Alberta Ski and Snowboard Club: Transitionary Advisor (Sept 2016 - Sept 2017), Vice President.