👋 Hi, I’m Simmon Li!

(pronounced Simon)

I’m a full stack Rails developer who is driven and independent with a high aptitude for learning. I strive for excellence while building software, and try to stay humble. I’m a great communicator around technical topics and love teaching and talking about tech.

I’m one of the co-hosts for Toronto Ruby. If you’re local, we’d love to see you!

Experience

Software Engineer, Fulltime · Switch Growth

November 2023 - present
Develop and deliver new features and enhancements while supporting client onboarding, integration, and ongoing needs. This includes core system refactors to boost system reliability, enhance performance and improve client outcomes through enhanced capabilities and new data insights.

Software Developer, Fulltime · Sierra Rails

March 2023 - November 2023
Delivered high quality production code across all areas of the application including: architectural changes that significantly reduced error rates (~60%); a full test suite which reduced change failure rates; development and re-integration of a critical user flow while moving across the stack in support of business and engineering goals; a new microservice to enhance application search features; and improved data consistency through new features and user workflows

Individual Contributor, On-call · The Agency of Learning

February 2023 - present
Supported delivery of usability improvements related to jQuery Datatables in conjunction with other developers; improved user permissions policy to ensure security between tenants; and, improved the application job dispatch to utilize a unit-testable service to improve confidence and testability.

Individual Contributor, Volunteer · The Odin Project

October 2021 - present
Contributed improvements and new lessons to the curriculum, including lessons on setting up a local development environment as well as guidance on Git best practices and support tooling. Delivered bug fixes on the web application and community management bot.