Martin Hanzel

Software Developer (Student)

eSMART Technologies SA

2020 - 2021

• Architected a microservice-based, IoT messaging system for internet-connected smart homes, capable of scaling to 100,000s of messages per second.
• Overhauled existing security architecture to a token-based scheme and enhanced security of device discovery and pairing protocols.
• Designed an HTTP and WebSocket API for inter-device messaging.
• Evaluated database software for performance, data warehousing, and data-gathering.
• Created automated provisioning and deployment processes for cloud infrastructure.
• Partially remote.
• Keywords: DevOps, Typescript, WebSockets, Vue.js, PostgreSQL, MySQL, TimescaleDB, RabbitMQ, Eclipse Mosquitto, AWS

Frontend Engineer (Remote)

GitLab Inc.

2019

• Self-managed tasks in an all-remote team of people from around the world.
• Participated in code reviews daily.
• Realized UI designs in responsive CSS for four or more device sizes.
• Created new UI components and migrated legacy jQuery code to ES6 + Vue.
• Practiced TDD and contributed to the migration of the test suite from Karma to Jest.
• Patched security holes in frontend code and managed security backports.
• Wrote at least as many lines of tests than production code, with 100% coverage.
• Keywords: Asynchronous, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, Vue.js, Ruby, Git

Web Developer

Pivotree

2011 - 2018

• Led R&D for next-generation e-commerce applications using isomorphic rendering and microservices.
• Developed full-stack B2B and B2C e-commerce applications for large retailers using the Oracle Commerce framework.
• Worked remotely from Valencia, Spain while collaborating with a team in Ottawa, Canada.
• Clients include: Princess Auto, Lorex, Simons, and Videotron.
• Keywords: Agile, Java/J2EE, JSP, JavaScript, React/Redux, Oracle Commerce, OracleDB, MySQL

Freelance Web Developer

2013 - 2015

• Designed and developed custom webapps for student groups at the University of Ottawa.
• Worked closely with clients to deliver and maintain pixel-perfect solutions.
• Clients include: University of Ottawa Healthcare Symposium, Actions for Healthcare, iGEMuOttawa.

Residence Mentor

University of Ottawa

2014 - 2017

• Designed and piloted a mentors-in-residence program to provide full-time academic support to first-year students.
• Increased funding for the Mentoring Centre by 300% within a year.
• Increased resident conversion rate by a factor of 10 within a year.
• Developed software to automate data entry and reduced bureaucratic workload from hours to a few minutes.
• Organized weekly study groups and coordinated monthly community-building events for residents.

President / Research Associate

University of Ottawa iGEM Team

2013 - 2016

• Led iGEMuOttawa, a genetic engineering and synthetic biology research group made up of undergraduate student researchers.
• Built in vivo genetic networks using computing and electronic engineering metaphors.
• Oversaw the group's finances, fundraising, and hiring.
• Wrote bioinformatics software for data analysis and genetic tooling.
• Presented own research three times at a world-wide conference in Boston, U.S.A..
• Consulted for a biotechnology startup in Ottawa.
• Secured sponsorship from universities and biotech companies.

Founder

uEducate

2013

• Founded uEducate, an organization dedicated to promoting higher education in science and technology.
• Established an annual science competition for high school students in Ontario, Canada.
• Created financial scholarships for aspiring science students, in the amount of $4000 in the first year and more in years after.