Senior software engineer and off-road adventurer.

export const resume = {
  basics: {
    name: "Michael Paquette",
    title: "Senior Full Stack Software Engineer",
    location: "Montreal, QC",
    email: "michaelpaquette@gmail.com",
    linkedin: "https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelpaquette/",
  },

  summary: "Senior Full Stack Software Engineer with over 20 years of experience delivering customer-facing web applications and platforms. I simply love finding the right solution for the right problem and building software with proactive ownership in high-performing teams.",

  experience: [

    {
      title: "Founder & Senior Full Stack Engineer",
      company: "refundr inc.",
      period: "Oct 2021 – Present",
      highlights: [
        "Designed, launched and scaled a SaaS platform that streamlines tax season operations for consultants, achieving 20% revenue savings by automating document exchange, real-time tracking, and digital signatures",
        "Scaled the platform to 4,000+ onboarded clients, 4,500+ tax returns processed, 35,000+ documents stored, and 15,000+ messages",
        "Prioritized high-impact features based on client needs, business value, and technical feasibility",
        "Developed two production-ready web applications with robust REST API backends and dedicated OAuth tokens API layer"
      ]
    },

    {
      title: "Consultant – Senior Full Stack Engineer",
      company: "Forma.ai & Soulbound Inc",
      period: "Feb 2022 – Nov 2023",
      highlights: [
        "Contracted on two senior engagements, leading full-stack development from architecture to production (0 → 1)",
        "Led team of 5 developers from Figma designs to production, delivering a complete gamer profile and rewards platform for Soulbound Inc",
        "Designed and built the company's first web application and backend API from idea to production for SeaMonster Inc"
      ]
    },

    {
      title: "Senior Software Engineer",
      company: "Expedia Group",
      period: "Sep 2011 – Dec 2021",
      highlights: [
        "Led development of a multilingual property and room content generation system across 40+ languages for 100,000+ hotels",
        "Designed and delivered multiple large-scale platforms including Property Assemblers, Media Platform, and Vacation Package Wizard",
        "Implemented real-time data pipelines using Kafka and Cassandra, enhancing data accuracy and scalability"
      ]
    },

    {
      title: "Senior Full Stack Java Developer",
      company: "Air Canada Vacations",
      period: "Mar 2007 – Sep 2011",
      highlights: [
        "Designed and implemented the company's first credit card payment gateway, processing up to $1 million in daily transactions",
        "Led full-stack development of aircanadavacations.com from CMS integration through production with caching and performance optimization",
        "Launched the website's first car rental booking feature end-to-end, increasing product offerings and customer experience"
      ]
    },

    {
      title: "Full Stack Java Developer",
      company: "Conceptis / WebMD",
      period: "Oct 2002 – Apr 2007",
      highlights: [
        "Played pivotal role in building theheart.org, a pioneering real-time medical education platform with near real-time webinar capabilities",
        "Helped grow the startup to a $22 million acquisition by WebMD",
        "Developed full-stack features and reusable templates supporting the launch of seven additional medical education websites",
        "Managed a small agile team handling end-to-end development across frontend, backend, and database layers"
      ]
    }
  ],

  education: [
    { degree: "Certification in Computer Science", institution: "John Abbott College" },
    { degree: "Diploma in Mechanical Engineering", institution: "St. Clair College" }
  ]
} as const;