George Kandalaft
Verified Expert in Engineering
React and Full-stack Developer
Montreal, QC, Canada
Toptal member since October 12, 2021
George is a rising full-stack developer specializing in front-end web development. He is currently a full-stack intern at Unity Technologies, a leading video gaming company, and a fourth-year engineering student at McGill University. To quickly expand his industry experience, George has also worked as a web developer intern at GSoft, a full-stack developer at Information Engineering Group, and at Hack4Impact to design and develop real-world applications for urgent social causes.
Portfolio
Experience
- Node.js - 3 years
- React - 3 years
- Software Development - 3 years
- JavaScript - 3 years
- Figma - 2 years
- Angular - 2 years
- .NET - 2 years
- TypeScript - 2 years
Preferred Environment
Slack, Zoom, MacOS
The most amazing...
...recent experience was collaborating on an application with a team at MealCare, a nonprofit that aims to reduce food waste across Canada more efficiently.
Work Experience
Full-stack Developer Intern
Unity Technologies
- Optimized Unity Hub's load time by 50% through Electron, Node.js, and React optimizations.
- Built a reusable library that enables Unity Hub to identify editors' versions, which increased code reusability.
- Conducted a knowledge-sharing session with other interns to educate other teams on unit testing best practices.
Web Developer Intern
GSoft
- Developed a web platform that improved team efficiency by 25% and reduced meeting time by 20%.
- Collaborated with senior engineers to refactor legacy React code into smaller and reusable components, resulting in a 40% reduction in code duplication and a 20% decrease in page load time.
- Implemented prettier and lint rules across all packages to ensure consistency in code style among developers.
Full-stack Developer
Information Engineering Group
- Integrated 3rd-party APIs such as Google Maps and Stripe into the web portal, which increased customer engagement by 30%.
- Translated designs and wireframes into high-quality code.
- Identified issues, analyzed information, and provided solutions for development problems.
Software Developer
Hack4Impact
- Developed web applications using Vue.js, Angular, and Flask.
- Led the front-end team for the mobile application of the MealCare project.
- Wrote and reviewed Flutter, Python, and JavaScript code.
Experience
The Shoppies
https://george-kandalaft-shopify-challenge.netlify.app/Restaurant Management System
https://github.com/Georges1998/naraEducation
BEng Degree in Software Engineering
McGill University - Montreal, Canada
Skills
Libraries/APIs
React, Node.js, Vue, Google Maps API, Stripe API
Tools
Figma, Slack, Zoom
Languages
JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Java, C#
Storage
Cloud Firestore
Frameworks
Angular, Electron, Flutter, Flask, .NET
Platforms
Firebase, MacOS
Other
Software Development, Cloud, APIs, Full-stack, Front-end
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