Gavin Plume

Software developer building at Crave.

Toronto, ON

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About

I am a mechatronics engineer with a passion for technology. My strength is in building high-performance software and leveraging the potential of AI.

Work Experience

Bell Media (Crave)
Software

2024 - Current

Software Developer

Architected and implemented server-side ad insertion (SSAI) for the video hosting team responsible for all VOD playback across every device and platform on Crave. Built a custom key-value store provisioned entirely through Terraform with automated deployments, replacing a costly managed edge storage provider, cutting recurring infrastructure cost by 95% while improving observability.

PFG Labs
Software

2023 - 2024

Software Engineer

Engineered a full-stack learning platform by developing a remote code execution platform that automatically runs and tests user-submitted code in isolated cloud environments, including a custom Git server, CI/CD pipeline and AWS Lambda-backed execution. We have seamlessly integrated the development environment with a browser-based learning experience to enhance our user's engagement and proficiency.

MCW
Mechanical

2018 - 2023

Mechanical Engineer

Designed and implemented mechanical systems for high-rise condominiums ensuring efficient heating and cooling solutions, incorporating geothermal systems.

Projects

Firecracker Orchestrator

GO orchestrator that boots ephemeral Firecracker microVMs on demand, executes untrusted code inside them over a vsock channel.

Go
Vsock
Ephemeral

Steprunner

A CLI that runs a pipeline of steps, checkpointing each step's completion and output to disk.

Go
Checkpointing
Caching

PFG Labs

Ed-tech platform that enables a systematic software development process and offers real-time, stage-based CI/CD testing with instant feedback.

Go
Postgres
Docker
React

Linkdle

A daily puzzle game where users connect a string of words together!

Typescript
Tailwind
Next

Clippe.rs

A central hub for curated streamer highlights.

TS
Next
Planetscale
Redis

Commerce PowerBI Dashboard

Big data project using Python and Power BI to analyze and visualize supply chain performance.

Python
BigData
PowerBI

Plume Photos

Full stack web application for sharing family photos.

Golang
Postgres
CRUD

Blabbers

E2E encrypted websocket communication platform designed for client side encryption.

Golang
Vanilla JS
Websockets

Airline Tableau Dashboard

Interactive Tableau dashboard analyzing British Airways reviews.

Python
Tableau

GoGit

A skeleton Git implementation in Golang.

Golang
Git

GPT Therapy

Low-cost AI-driven video counseling platform revolutionizing access to mental health support.

Next
tRPC
AWS S3

GPT Assistant

GPT assistant chrome extension to enhance workflows with minimal friction for daily tasks.

Node
OpenAI
Manifest v3

Skills

Python
Golang
TypeScript
Docker
Git
Postgres
React
NextJS

Education

University of Guelph

2014 - 2018
Mechanical Engineering w/ Specialization in Mechatronics