Ryan Spice-Finnie

Senior Software Engineer

Frontend architecture, full-stack development and technical leadership

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London, Ontario | Available for Toronto hybrid and Canada-remote roles

Professional profile

Hands-on software engineer with more than a decade of frontend-focused full-stack experience across enterprise platforms, customer-facing products and independent consulting. I modernize legacy applications, establish shared frontend architecture, implement authentication and APIs, and deliver accessible interfaces using JavaScript and TypeScript, Angular, React and Svelte.

Technical capabilities

Frontend: JavaScript, TypeScript, Angular, React, Preact, Svelte/SvelteKit, Vue, native Web Components, HTML, CSS/SCSS; component architecture, SSR and prerendering.

Full stack and integration: Node.js, PHP, SQL, REST, GraphQL, OAuth/OpenID Connect; Azure containers, Static Web Apps, CDN and Storage; legacy .NET environments; AWS/GCP, Stripe and Moneris.

Quality and delivery: AODA/WCAG implementation, Storybook, Vitest, Jest, Mocha, Chai, Git, Webpack, Vite and CI workflows.

Recent experience

Canopy DigitalAug 2024–Present

Principal Engineer

Develop client websites and web applications with TypeScript, SvelteKit, PHP and APIs. Recent work includes TCM Acupuncture, Black Cedar Designs, Lancaster FBC and 519 Trough & Exterior.
Deployed three websites to Azure using containers and Static Web Apps, CDN and Storage. Deliver authentication and payments with Azure OAuth/MSAL, Stripe and Moneris; build scoped AI harnesses with MCP and deterministic checks.

AutoTrader.ca2024 · 6/m

Full Stack Engineer

Led homepage implementation with server-side rendering and prerendered components on Azure Static Web Apps, including work with an Angular 19 prerelease.
Collaborated with architects and team leads on modernization while maintaining legacy Angular 8/9 components in a .NET 4 solution.

Professional experience continued

Pizza Pizza LimitedNov–Dec 2023

Angular Deployment Specialist | Pizza 73

Upgraded Pizza 73 from Angular 8 to Angular 17, updating build and serve workflows and Ivy rendering with Webpack, Express, Bootstrap and related dependencies.

Ontario Cannabis StoreMar–Oct 2022

Senior Full Stack Engineer

Owned a React administration application replacing a legacy Ruby frontend, using Storybook and design specifications to support consistent components and AODA/WCAG 2.1 requirements.

ManulifeJun 2020–Mar 2021

Senior Full Stack Engineer

Developed customer login for the Travel business using ForgeRock/OpenID and Passport.js in an Adobe Experience Manager environment.

ADESA / OpenlaneFeb 2018–Aug 2019

Senior UX Developer, then Senior Software Engineer

Led SSR and reusable micro-frontend boilerplates adopted across teams; reverse-engineered legacy Java OAuth for frontend login. Worked with Vue, Preact, React, Angular and native Web Components.

IndegeneNov 2016–Feb 2018

Front-End Developer and Team Lead

Helped hire and lead up to six developers delivering Angular/Ionic mobile applications with WebRTC and offline synchronization, in a Microsoft Azure/.NET environment with Salesforce and Jira.

Additional experience: Tracer/Mark8t (Svelte, PHP, QR contact tracing); Nobul (React/GraphQL and Google Cloud); Goods and Services (Drupal); FutureVault (React, PHP/MySQL, Java); LM Staffing (PHP/SQL and Elasticsearch).

Education and current projects

Video Game Design and Development, Yorkville University / RCC Institute of Technology, with a focus on C++ programming and project management. SAFe training and certification, 2019.

Recent independent work includes Three.js/PixiJS 8 game development and AI harnesses with MCP and API tools. Fugu Fusion explores scoped delegation, provider routing and verification.