Lina Refai

Software Engineer

Toronto, Ontario, Canada4 yrs experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 3+ years of experience in full stack development
  • Strong leadership and mentoring skills
  • Expertise in modern web technologies and project management
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fullstack Developer with expertise in SaaS applications and agile methodologies.

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Skills

Core Skills

React.jsAngularjs

Other Skills

Problem SolvingCoding StandardsHypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS)Interpersonal SkillsJavaHypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)HTML5Collaborative Problem SolvingConstructive FeedbackSASSResponsive Web DesignJenkinsTypeScriptDocument Object Model (DOM)

About

A team-oriented, curious developer looking to find my niche in the vast technical space. Always looking to explore new things, make teams more effective and encourage growth on all levels. My current interests lie in project management, web development, cybersecurity and education in tech. Technologies React 17, Angular 10, Node, AWS, MongoDB, MySQL, GraphQL, Git Languages JavaScript, TypeScript, C, CSS, HTML, Java, Sass Tools VS Code, Figma, Jenkins, UrbanCode, Trello, Favro, CodeDeploy, JIRA

Experience

4 yrs
Total Experience
1 yr 3 mos
Average Tenure
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Current Experience

Github

Software Engineer II

Dec 2024Present · 1 yr 5 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Remote

Creately

2 roles

Senior Software Engineer

Promoted

Mar 2021Jul 2023 · 2 yrs 4 mos

  • Implemented new designs and features in React for our Microsoft Teams integration
  • Led a team of four to revamp the application’s core UI, and refactored our CSS according to the SASS 7-1 architecture and current best practices to deliver a more user centric design
  • Mentored new incoming team members
  • Wrote and reviewed technical specifications for new tasks
  • Created onboarding documentation related to product architecture, best practices followed by the team
  • Facilitated weekly retrospectives to improve work processes and team efficiency in the role of a Scrum Master
  • Worked with SVG and the HTML Canvas to develop the freehand drawing feature
  • Designed and implemented angular components with scalability in mind
  • Updated core backend services to support new features in Java
Problem SolvingReact.jsCoding StandardsHypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS)Interpersonal SkillsJava+11

Software Engineer

Apr 2020Mar 2021 · 11 mos

  • Maintained and added features to the Creately web application using core agile practices
  • Demonstrated working features at sprint reviews
  • Created actions in Adobe Illustrator to streamline icon sets for use on Creately
  • Performed code reviews
Problem SolvingCoding StandardsHypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS)Interpersonal SkillsHypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)+6

University of toronto scarborough

Teaching Assistant

Sep 2019Dec 2019 · 3 mos · Toronto, Canada Area

  • CSCD58: Computer Networks
Problem SolvingHypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS)Interpersonal SkillsHypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)Constructive Feedback

Hack the valley

Project Manager

Jul 2019Dec 2019 · 5 mos · Toronto, Canada Area

Problem SolvingInterpersonal SkillsConstructive Feedback

Attune

Intern

Jul 2019Jul 2019 · 0 mo · Sri Lanka

  • Learned the different components tied to SAP’s ERP solutions in the fashion industry
  • Discussed current efforts in sustainability and innovation
  • Participated in leadership development and entrepreneurship workshops
  • Organized a care package activity with kids to foster empathy and compassion for the underprivileged

Ontario teachers'​ pension plan

Solutions Engineering Intern

Jan 2019Apr 2019 · 3 mos · Toronto, Canada Area

  • Upgraded front end of a service manager website in AngularJS
  • Converted web application into a Web API
  • Adapted service manager to access data from the database via stored procedures
  • Introduced a standard git workflow across the team
  • Took on the role of scrum master in stand ups
  • Incorporated log4net logging into an internal application used to record user permissions across company products
  • Refactored duplicate code in C#
  • Automated the deployment process of team projects via Jenkins and UrbanCode across multiple environments:
  • Built projects locally and debugged any inconsistencies
  • Configured Jenkins to deploy to multiple environments simultaneously
  • Created processes in UrbanCode to configure IIS and windows service deployments
Problem SolvingCoding StandardsInterpersonal SkillsCascading Style Sheets (CSS)AngularJSCollaborative Problem Solving+3

Creately

Software Development Intern

Jul 2018Aug 2018 · 1 mo · Colombo, Sri Lanka

  • Improved the drawing of shapes for the diagramming tool to be more adaptable for future implementations in TypeScript
  • Contributed to fixing bugs in shape resizing
  • Reconstructed test cases for shape drawing
Problem SolvingCascading Style Sheets (CSS)AngularJSConstructive FeedbackTypeScript

Acceler8

Scrum Master

Jan 2018May 2018 · 4 mos · Toronto, Canada Area

  • Organized standup meetings and retrospectives to gauge and improve team efficiency
  • Maintained Trello boards for the online retrospectives
  • Contributed to bi-weekly sprint reports for the management of Acceler8 by providing sprint details including sprint velocity and tickets completed
  • Maintained the JIRA board for maximum efficiency
Interpersonal SkillsCollaborative Problem SolvingConstructive Feedback

Virtusa

Intern - International Summer Programme

Jun 2017Aug 2017 · 2 mos · Sri Lanka

  • Executed agile development with respect to an internal problem through to a detailed technical solution
  • Detailed the technical solution by analyzing different products available through AWS and integrating the two
  • Constructed weekly presentations for our pseudo clients and mentors
  • Created a video demonstrating our product for our final presentation
  • Undertook a CSR project alongside ISP interns at Unilever

Education

University of Toronto Scarborough

Bachelor of Science - BS — Computer Science

Jan 2015Jan 2019

Colombo International School

High School

Jan 2002Jan 2015

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