# Jared Rand > Senior Software Engineer @ STRIVR | Ex-Meta | TypeScript, Python, React, AWS Location: Seattle, Washington, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/jaredrand A Canadian Software Engineer with strong technical and creative skills. Passionate about good code and intuitive user experiences. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ STRIVR Jan 2023 – Present | Seattle, WA • Building WorkWise, an AI-powered learning platform for transforming procedural videos into accessible, on-demand work instructions. • Worked on the Content Authoring team to build tools that allow content creators to construct training courses in Virtual Reality. ### Software Engineer @ Meta Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Seattle, Washington, United States • Worked on tasks including fixing UI in Horizons VR application and migrating PHP code to Rust. ### Software Engineer @ Top Hat Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Toronto, ON • Led pod of 3 developers and oversaw rebuild of functionality for professors to browse, edit, and manage their courses. • Product release resulted in better user perception, faster performance, and compliance with AAA a11y standards. • Worked on central microservice to enable users to write and create digital textbooks and course materials, serving ~17,000 courses and ~287,000 users daily. • Increased microservice usage (rollout) from ~30% to 100% and improved service success rate from ~80% to ~99.8%. • Championed improvements to documentation, resulting in fewer bugs and faster developer onboarding. ### Co-Founder & Lead Engineer @ Coterie Books Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada • Co-founded company and worked closely with the CEO and lead designer to develop the product. • Created first iteration of the software using a backend built in TypeScript/Express.js, with TypeScript/React/Redux frontend. • Used prototype to raise a round of angel funding. Hired and onboarded a developer to progress the product. ### Research Assistant @ Ryerson University Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada • Recipient of NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award 2020. • Built and trained Machine Learning algorithms using Keras and TensorFlow. • Prepared a paper which was published in the ICSE 2021 Conference summarizing results of the research project. ### Teaching Assistant @ Ryerson University Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada • Instructed and marked labs and projects for CPS530: Web Systems Development. • Helped teach students the fundamentals of Web Development. ### Teaching Assistant @ Ryerson University Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada • Instructed labs in Logic Programming (PROLOG) for over 40 students to reinforce understanding. • Marked labs, projects, and exams for over 100 students. ### Full Stack Developer @ Setter Home Services Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Toronto, Canada Area • Responsible for all aspects of software development, including: designing features; building user interfaces and back-end routes; managing software environments and databases; deploying applications; determining software architecture; and supporting users. • Recognized as a leader within the Development team and broader company, for instance: mentored and trained new developers; trained Customer Success team in product features/experience; and interviewed dozens of candidates for cross-functional roles. • Implemented efficiencies to existing processes (and wrote supportive documentation), ultimately ensuring developers consistently delivered high-quality work. • Communicated feedback from CEO to the Development team and guided implementation. • Played a key role in the development of software that achieved $12-million funding and eventual acquisition by Thumbtack. ### UI/UX Developer @ Desato Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Toronto, Canada Area • Worked collaboratively with the Strategy Lead to develop a web application using AngularJS, jQuery, Chart.js, and Bootstrap, and validated data in MySQL. • Created several client-facing utilities including dynamic statistic reports, a dashboard, user- customizable web pages, and a catalog editor. ### Courier @ Blizzard Courier Service Ltd. Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 • Delivered packages effectively in a safe, timely, and efficient manner for large legal and institutional clients. ## Education ### Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science Ryerson University Jan 2015 – Jan 2020 ### High School Diploma The Abelard School Jan 2009 – Jan 2014 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jared-david-rand - Website: https://jaredrand.ca/ - GitHub: https://www.github.com/WulffHunter --- Source: https://flows.cv/jaredrand JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/jaredrand/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22