Ben Giroux

Software Development Manager @Trading Central

Ottawa, ON, CA

Led regional software engineering strategy and advised on SDLC, Scrum methodologies, and QA processes while reporting directly to CTO for a medium-sized FinTech company.• Designed and implemented backend architecture for a greenfield SaaS product (Options Insight) deployed to 10K+ clients using Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS.• Directed engineering managers and teams to uphold high standards for quality, performance, and system resilience (high availability, fault tolerance, evolvability).• Coordinated bi-weekly sync for unified frontend strategy with emphasis on monorepo DX, Playwright E2E testing, reusable components, reactivity patterns, performance (Core Web Vitals), WCAG 2.2 accessibility, CI enhancements, and general code quality.• Authored and maintained technical documentation used by development, product, and UX teams to coordinate hiring, requirement gathering, and technical debt management.• Contributed frontend components using standalone architecture and refactored existing code using modern signal reactivity in Angular.• Resolved time-sensitive frontend and backend code issues affecting production in mission-critical applications.