Pierre-Alexandre St-Jean

• • Built IPFS data migration system allowing clients to import content from 3 competing providers, enabling seamless platform switching
• • Implemented an async job queue system (River) in Go to handle parallel background processing for file imports, pinning operations, and analytics
• • Migrated infrastructure from AWS to Cloudflare/Digital Ocean with zero downtime, reducing costs by 50%

• • Built TypeScript HR sync engine (frontend, backend & infra) for 50k+ employee orgs, integrating 50+ platforms (e.g., BambooHR, Workday, ADP)
• • Built event-driven pipeline handling real-time employee lifecycle changes with idempotent processing and conflict resolution
• • Led SOC 2 (Type I and II) certifications and achieve compliance in under 3 months through infrastructure automation and security controls
• • Reduced deployment time from 3 hours to <15 minutes by optimizing Docker builds and simplifying Github actions pipelines

• • Built observability infrastructure using OpenTelemetry for Python/Django platform hosting ML models on Kubernetes
• • Reduced AWS costs 60% by optimizing resource allocation and introducing spot instances
• • Automated SOC 2 compliance infrastructure using Drata, accelerating certification timeline

• • Designed and implemented zero-knowledge telehealth backend services in Rust, Elixir, and Python handling patient data under Quebec health regulations
• • Built secure API layer for Flutter mobile app ensuring HIPAA-equivalent compliance for medical records
• • Implemented observability stack and incident response procedures for production systems on GCP/Kubernetes

Built passwordless analytics platform in Node.js and Rust optimizing water filter performance in mining operations

• • Led team of 6 engineers building SCIM (System for Cross-domain Identity Management) integration connecting 1Password with enterprise identity providers (Azure AD, Okta, OneLogin)
• • Designed bidirectional user provisioning system in Go handling automated account creation, updates, and deprovisioning
• • Discovered and fixed critical security vulnerability in SCIM implementation, earning Security Employee of the Month

• • Led team of 5 building billing platform migration supporting new pricing tiers and multi-currency processing
• • Architected localization system handling currency conversion, regional tax rules, and locale-specific formatting across European markets
• • Built analytics data pipeline feeding business intelligence dashboards used by executive team for financial reporting

• • Built fraud detection system processing card transactions in real-time, implementing rule engine and ML-based anomaly detection
• • Architected banking integration layer synchronizing transactions from multiple European banks and card processors
• • Designed data pipeline processing millions in monthly transactions, building analytics infrastructure for BI team
• • Scaled platform infrastructure supporting company growth from 15 to 400 employees maintaining 99.9% uptime

• • Led cloud infrastructure team managing Kubernetes deployments for SaaS search platform
• • Championed infrastructure-as-code adoption across engineering organization using Terraform
• • Contributed to Kubernetes open source project fixing bugs in cluster management

• • Built analytics backend processing 2.5M+ events/day for search analytics product
• • Optimized Redshift database schema and queries reducing query time by 70%
• • Implemented load balancing for database clusters handling high-volume analytics writes
• • Built automated demo environment provisioning using Docker and Consul on AWS